welfare rights
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This week I: Held my last Monument Ward Surgery at City Library and gave a local resident two litter-pickers on long-term loan from the council to use in community clean-ups. Reminded Alice Wiseman, the council’s Director of Public Health, that I am still waiting for answers to my questions about benefit take-up in Newcastle. I’d…
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This week I went to the last City Council meeting before the election. The March meeting is the most important meeting of the year because we have to agree the budget. I seconded Coun Tracey Mitchell’s amendment, which called for a cross-party working group to look at efficiency and saving opportunities before next year’s budget.…
