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Jamie Driscoll Labour's First North of Tyne Mayor
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Jamie is now heading up and developing the North of Tyne Combined Authority, the regional body that allocates spending and will deliver on manifesto promises.
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The Good, the Bad and The Ugly
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. It’s not often that Spaghetti Western titles provide a framework for economic analysis. But this sums up the choices facing the economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. We went into this crisis with a quarter of our people getting paid less than they need to live on, a […]
Government by Toddler
Getting dressed after the shower, Leon sidles up to me, “Daddy my cwayon has bwoke.” The boys were three and one at the time. “Oh dear, how’d you do that, son?” “It bwoke on the wall.” A dash downstairs found Nelson in full Neolithic cave-art mode. Navy blue Crayloa on magnolia emulsion. Celtic swirls decorating […]
Jamie Driscoll urges government to ensure rough sleepers don’t return to streets after lockdown
North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll has urged the Government to ensure emergency measures to end rough sleeping continue once the lockdown is over. The Government’s £3.2 million “Everyone In” scheme has helped get 4,500 rough sleepers off the streets, often by housing them in hotels. But it’s unclear how long the policy will last, or […]
Billionaires are not inevitable
“Our secret superpower is our ability to cooperate”. (18-05-20) Not my words, but from a great new book, Human kind : A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman. You may remember him, he’s the guy who called out the super-rich at Davos last year, telling them to pay their taxes. And wondering why 1500 private jets had flown […]
Schools should not reopen until there is a guarantee it’s safe
Mayor, Jamie Driscoll speaks to the Newcastle Chronicle (15-05-20) North East employers were left “genuinely worried” by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s weekend announcement that staff should go back to work, North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll says. He criticised Mr Johnson for making the announcement before guidance for firms and staff was available, and for […]
