It is clear that the impact of Coronavirus is going to hurt the Tees Valley in ways, that up until a month ago were thought unimaginable. The jobs losses and business closures will be unprecedented and the human cost and loss of life will be devastating. Local, regional and national government must pull together, alongside … Continue reading A Civic Response to Coronavirus
Category: General Blog
Compassion, hope, communities, climate change, sustainability, power, identity
Fighting to Save our High Streets
Our high streets are turning into ghost towns but Mayoral candidate sets out her fight to save them. Jessie Joe Jacobs is today launching her ambitious plans to revive struggling high streets across Tees Valley and deal with the empty shop scourge that is blighting our town centres. In her fight to save our high … Continue reading Fighting to Save our High Streets
Bringing Tees Transport into 21st Century
Jessie Joe Jacobs Tees Travel plans will bring public transport system into the 21st Century Jessie Joe Jacobs, Labour’s mayoral hopeful for Tees Valley, has announced her exciting plans to drastically overhaul and improve public transport in the region, putting buses centre stage of her plans. Buses in Tees Valley are in dire need of … Continue reading Bringing Tees Transport into 21st Century
As Britain’s billionaire count rises, our public servants are being forced into poverty
New analysis released today shows that 18,000 children in the North East with a parent working in the public sector are now living in poverty. That’s a 37% rise, with some 4,000 more children falling into poverty since 2010. So why is this happening? It’s simple. While the government has been handing out tax giveaways … Continue reading As Britain’s billionaire count rises, our public servants are being forced into poverty
Going Dry for January
If you are like me, Christmas is a time for a little overindulging; mince pies, cake, Christmas dinners and wine. I am not a big drinker but I do like to have a glass or two, at Christmas this might become three or four. Well, there’s no harm in that you may say, and you’re … Continue reading Going Dry for January
Introducing RePublik… Politics down the pub
Where do you go to put the world to rights? For some of us it’s our local hairdressers, other’s it’s in the staffroom, or at our Dads house after Sunday lunch. For a few of us, it’s our local boozer. John Christie knows this only too well. Running The Golden Smog micro pub in Stockton … Continue reading Introducing RePublik… Politics down the pub
We Shall Overcome
I’ve been reflecting on poverty this week. On Sunday I was at a music gig at Golden Smog micro-pub in Stockton. It was organised by the amazing landlord John Christie, as part of a national weekend of music events called “We Shall Overcome”. It’s aim was to make a political statement about the human cost … Continue reading We Shall Overcome
