Today we have announced a world-leading £1.57 billion package of emergency grants and loans to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage institutions from the impact of coronavirus.
Sunderland’s Conservatives are calling for the resignation of Lib Dem councillor, Stephen O’Brien, after a solicitor-led investigation found he had abused taxpayer-funded resources for financial and political gain.
The investigation, conducted by Bevan Brittan on behalf of the Council’s Standards C
Councillor Antony Mullen, the Leader of the Sunderland Conservatives, has written to Business Secretary Alok Sharma over concerns about post-COVID skills shortages in the manufacturing sector.
Cllr Mullen was contacted by a Sunderland resident who runs a recruitment company which specialises in sou
The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure investment at the heart of our economic recovery post-coronavirus, and delivering on our manifesto pledges to level up the entire country.
The Sunderland Conservatives have criticised the increased level of littering as lockdown restrictions have lifted.
Conservative councillors have received an increase in complaints about littering on the seafront and in the city’s parks and playing fields.
Conservative candidate for St Anne’s Ward
The Sunderland Conservatives have urged governors of Grange Park Primary School in Monkwearmouth to reconsider their suspension of Pauline Wood.
Mrs Wood’s suspension follows her statement to BBC Radio Newcastle earlier in June in which she said that teachers cannot all be lumped into the same cate
Dr Antony Mullen has been elected the new Leader of the Sunderland Conservatives, with James Doyle as his Deputy.
Antony was first elected as a councillor in Barnes Ward in 2018.
The Prime Minister has set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get back on their feet and get people back in their jobs.
Local Conservative campaigner Sam Johnston has set up a survey so that residents of Silksworth ward can make their voice heard on ward issues.
Sam said:
I think that it is important that we listen to residents and allow them to tell us as activists what they would like to see us focus on.
