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Published Wednesday 22nd May 2013
Local MP Lynne Featherstone has today issued a public statement to the current owners of the missing Banksy piece, which was removed from a wall in Turnpike Lane in February.The Liberal Democrat MP has ‘called on the consciences’ of the current owners...
Published Wednesday 8th May 2013
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Published Thursday 2nd May 2013
When money is already too tight to mention, and the earth groans under the strain of unnecessary waste, who wants to see another smashed up laptop sent to a toxic landfill in China or Africa!?
We routinely create unnecessary toxic waste t...
Published Thursday 18th April 2013
As part of JTM’s partnership work we are inviting Erimus Housing tenants to line up and peg out their washing in support of Teesside Hospice at Glastonbury House, Lindisfarne Road, Middlesbrough on Friday April 26.
We are asking residents to ‘...
Published Monday 15th April 2013
I recently listened to Andy Burnham, Labour's Health Spokesperson, outline his thinking on having a joint approach to health and social care. The event, hosted by the Smith Institute, was one of a number which saw Burnham setting out questions about in...
Published Friday 12th April 2013
As far as housing is concerned, Margaret Thatcher will always be remembered for introducing the Right to Buy, allowing people to buy their council homes at substantially discounted rates.
If this policy had been supported by a house building programme...
Published Monday 1st April 2013
People find personal security in a lot of different ways, but chief among the rocks they rely on are their family, their home, their friends and money in the bank.
It is easy to dismiss money as a poor substitute for family and home. When you are strug...
Published Thursday 21st March 2013
Let’s be honest, this was a very bad Budget for housing. For the social housing sector the only tiny pieces of good news in the Budget Book are: a few more sites to be released to the HCA; £225 million for a measly 15,000 new affordable homes...