Welcomes a mixed economy
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CPW
1 Mar 2018
National News
Coast Road may pay the price of Yorkshire clean air charges if Tyneside clean buses are switched to Leeds
Liberal Democrats councillors in Newcastle have expressed concern at suggestions that hybrid electric buses operated by Arriva on Coast Road services between Newcastle and North Tyneside look set to be switched to Leeds in order to comply with the West Yorkshire city's imminent introduction of clean air charges. Leeds is currently consulting on plans which could see a daily charge of £100 for high emission buses, coaches and HGVs that fail to meet Euro 6 clean air standards, together with a £12.50 charge for taxis. It has been suggested that Arriva will seek to transfer hybrid buses currently serving its 306 and 308 routes using the Coast Road to Leeds in order to avoid the Yorkshire city's proposed charge. This would reduce the number of cleaner buses currently operating in Newcastle along a corridor that has been highlighted as being one of the city's air pollution blackspots. In return Newcastle is likely to receive second hand diesel buses. This would see progress towards clean buses in Newcastle going b
1 Mar 2018
Brake: Major is right on Brexit
So, John Major is the latest figure to suggest that a referendum on the Brexit deal might not be a bad idea.
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1 Mar 2018
Layla Moran: Homeless people need us to find the money to put a roof over their heads
Every year the House of Commons spends 3 days debating Government Department's estimates for public spending. Up until now, a committee of select committee chairs decides what subjects to debate, but it was different this year:
TV
1 Mar 2018
Boris “a real embarrassment” says William Wallace
Our Lib Dem Peer and regular LDV contributor William Wallace is an Emeritus Professor in International Relations. He is more qualified than most people to comment on foreign policy. In the Lords debate on the EU Withdrawal on Monday, he was incredibly critical about the Foreign Secretary - and that was before Boris's bizarre comparison of the congestion charge boundary to the Irish border after Brexit.
TV
1 Mar 2018
At a loss at claimed ‘value for money’
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RD
1 Mar 2018