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Election of new councillor set for Thursday.

Who's who in the Harton ward by-election

Sunderland MP Bridget Phillipson said scrapping the two child benefit cap will benefit over 18,000 North East families.

New figures reveal huge impact of scrapping 2 child benefit cap

Kate Osborne abstained from the Winter Fuel Allowance cut vote - and she's explained why.

Kate Osborne MP reflects on PMQs and the Budget

Kate Osborne abstained from the Winter Fuel Allowance cut vote - and she's explained why.

Kate Osborne 'opposed' Winter Fuel Allowance cut despite abstention

Footage of Robert Jenrick (right) and Sir John Hall (left) at St James' Park.

NUFC official hits out after unexpected St James' Park footage emerges

Jarrow and Gateshead East candidates standing in the 2024 general election. From top left: Mark Conway, Kate Osborne, Jamie Rickelton, Jack Gebhard (bottom left) and Nic Cook.

Candidates standing in the Jarrow and Gateshead East constituency

The new Green Group on South Tyneside Council following the 2024 local elections.

Green Party sets out ambitions following gains at local elections

Local Elections 2024: Independents and Green Party celebrate success

The counting of the votes for the 2024 local election took place at the Temple Park Leisure Centre, in South Shields. Photo: National World.

Local elections 2024: Full list of results for South Tyneside

TUC analysis has revealed that wages in South Tyneside are worth less than in 2008. Photo: AFP via Getty Images.

Data shows wages in South Tyneside worth less than in 2008

South Tyneside Council Local Election Candidates 2024 for the Whiteleas ward, from left: Robin Coombes, Michelle Turnbull, Sophie-Jane Williams.

Candidates standing in the Whiteleas ward in the 2024 local elections

South Tyneside Council Local Election Candidates 2024 for the Whitburn and Marsden ward, from left: Tracey Dixon and Edward Littley.

Meet the candidates standing in the Whitburn and Marsden ward

Caption:South Tyneside Council Local Election Candidates 2024 for the Horsley Hill ward, from left: Dorothy Grainger and Carrie Richardson.

Candidates standing in the Horsley Hill ward in the local elections

South Tyneside Council Local Election Candidates 2024 for the Cleadon and East Boldon ward, from left to right: Kevin Brydon, Rhiannon Curtis and Ian Forster.

Meet the candidates standing in the Cleadon and East Boldon ward

Channel 4's Partygate told the story of the lockdown parties inside No.10 Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic. From left, Grace Greenwood (played by Georgie Henley), Alice Lyons (Alice Orr-Ewing), Rory Baskerville (Tom Durant-Pritchard), Annabel D'Acre (Ophelia Lovibond), Josh Fitzmaurice (Hugh Skinner) (Picture: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4)

Channel 4's Partygate should leave you raging

The Prime Minister has unveiled plans to scrap A-levels in a huge shake-up to the UK’s education system. Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images

Breaking A-levels and T Levels to be scrapped, Rishi Sunak announces
The Prime Minister has said all students will study some form of English and maths until the age of 18, in a huge shake-up to the UK’s education system.
Imogen Howse

Nigel Adams, MP for Selby and Ainsty pictured outside Selby Abbey.

Breaking Another Tory MP resigns and triggers a third by-election

(L to R) TOP: Adam Ellison, Tia Sinclair BOTTOM: Colin Tosh

Meet the candidates standing in the Hebburn North ward

(L to R) Top: Aaron Cain, Judith Taylor Bottom: Bethany Telford, Kenneth Wood

Meet the candidates standing in the Simonside and Rekendyke ward

Chris Davies and Margaret Meling

Meet the candidates standing in the Monkton ward in the 2023 local elections

(L to R) TOP: Carl Duncan, Brian Goodman BOTTOM: Shane Smith, Briony Sommers

Meet the candidates standing in the Hebburn South ward

(L to R) Anne Hethrington, Justin Knight, Jim Yare

Meet the candidates standing in the West Park ward

Clockwise from top left: Edward Littley (Green Party), Joyce Welsh (Labour and Co-operative Party) and Heidi Wildhirt (Conservative Party).

Meet the candidates standing in the Whitburn and Marsden ward

Breaking Gary Neville mocks former PM Liz Truss on Twitter

Tory ministers will not be happy with the new ‘no plus-one’ rule for King Charles III coronation - Credit: Getty Images

Breaking Tory ministers in uproar after major king’s coronation rule change

Lord Lawson was also a journalist and the father of celebrity cook, Nigella Lawson (Picture: B Barrett/Express/Getty Images)

Breaking Former Conservative party politician Nigel Lawson dies aged 91

Tory MP Zac Goldsmith and wife Alice Rothschild have split after around a decade of marriage - Credit: Getty Images

Breaking Tory minister Zac Goldsmith ends decade-long marriage to wife Alice
Conservative Party minister Zac Goldsmith married banking heiress Alice Rothschild in 2013, four years after splitting from Sheherazade Bentley.
Ethan Evans

'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

Rod Stewart tells Sky News phone-in Tories should ‘give Labour a go’

Ex-Tory MP Neil Parish resigned after being caught watching pornography in the House of Commons twice.

Disgraced porn-watching ex-MP may stand again at next general election

Army could be deployed to ease strike disruption, Nadhim Zahawi says

I’m A Celebrity 2022 final: Didi Gina Colangelo greet Matt Hancock?

Labour Party to abolish the House of Lords if elected to UK government

Autumn Statement 2022: What time is Jeremy Hunt’s budget and how to watch it live online and TV

How to watch Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks with members of the media as he visits Croydon University hospital on October 28.

PM u-turns on pledge to introduce £10 fine for missed GP appointments

Martin Lewis said childcare credits can add thousands to a state pension (Photo: ITV)

Martin Lewis pension advice 2022: Money Saving Expert’s tips for OAPs

Wrexham footballer Paul Mullin’s political message banned from boots

Rishi Sunak is the new Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak speech today: What the new Prime Minister had to say

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to become the next Prime Minister after his rival for the Conservative Party leadership, Penny Mordaunt, dropped out of the race to succeed the outgoing Liz Truss.

Sunak victory prompts fresh calls for General Election

Rishi Sunak announced on Sunday he would stand to replace Liz Truss as Prime Minister. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak UK’s new Prime Minister after winning Tory leadership race

Penny Mordaunt and Rishi Sunak are both hoping to be the next Prime Minister

Photograph: DANIEL LEAL via Getty Images

All you need to know about how the next Prime Minister will be chosen

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at Gatwick Airport in London, after travelling on a flight from the Caribbean, following the resignation of Liz Truss as Prime Minister. Picture date: Saturday October 22, 2022.

Boris Johnson pulls out of Tory leadership race

NationalWorld is calling for a general election now - here’s how to sign the petition

NationalWorld launches petition calling for immediate general election

Liz Truss has resigned as Prime Minister after just 44 days

Readers react as Liz Truss resigns as PM after just 44 days

Liz Truss has officially resigned as Prime Minister with Boris Johnson expected to run

Will Boris Johnson be the next Prime Minister?

Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers a speech outside of 10 Downing Street in central London on October 20, 2022 to announce her resignation. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Liz Truss resigns as prime minister after 44 days

Could Boris Johnson return as Prime Minister if Liz Truss were to resign?

Can Boris Johnson come back as Prime Minister as Liz Truss resigns?

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman addresses delegates on the third day of the annual Conservative Party Conference. Credit: Getty Images

Home Secretary plans to crack down on protests with new bill

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt at 10 Downing Street (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Jeremy Hunt: Who is the new chancellor, how old is he?

Regarded as one of the most gifted members of post-war Conservative politics, Macleod was responsible for overseeing the independence of many British African territories. MacLeod refused to serve as a Cabinet Minister under Sir Alec Douglas-Home as he disapproved of the procedure by which Sir Alec was selected but later became the Colonial Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was also the editor of the 'Spectator'. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Who was shortest serving Chancellor of the Exchequer Iain Macleod?

Kwasi Kwarteng has cut his trip to the International Monetary Fund in Washington, USA short.

Will Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announce a budget U-turn today?

Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng speaking to the media ahead of the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham

Plan to cut 45% tax rate for highest earners scrapped in Government U-turn

Liz Truss backs mini-budget despite cabinet not being consulted on top tax rate by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng

Liz Truss admits cabinet not consulted on top tax rate by Chancellor

"There are now over two million people who have to rely on a foodbank."

KATE OSBORNE: The budget did nothing for our communities – just the rich!

Money-saving expert Martin Lewis has branded the mini-budget “a staggering statement”.

Martin Lewis brands Government mini-budget “a staggering statement”

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