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1 week ago | 
gazettelive.co.uk | David Dubas-Fisher |Daniel Hodgson
A Middlesbrough ward has the highest levels of child poverty in the entire country, new figures show. Newport ward sees 85% of its children living in poverty, figures from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) for the year ending March 2024 show.
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1 week ago | 
gazettelive.co.uk | Daniel Hodgson
A council has seen a 73.5% increase in the number of its employees who earn more than £50,000 a year, but has attributed the rise to national pay awards. Documents being presented to Middlesbrough councillors on Thursday April 17 explain that there has been an increase in the number of council staff and school employees who earn upwards of £50,000. The increase has seen a rise from 155 people in 2022/23 on higher salaries to 269 in 2023/24. This is a year on year increase of 114 staff members.
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1 week ago | 
gazettelive.co.uk | Daniel Hodgson
The £200m regeneration ambition for Gresham is one step closer to reality after planning permission for the scheme was granted. At a meeting of the Middlesbrough Development Corporation (MDC) Planning Board, held on Friday April 11, members voted to give plans the green light, following last week’s decision by Middlesbrough Council to transfer the land concerned over to MDC.
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1 week ago | 
gazettelive.co.uk | Daniel Hodgson
Middlesbrough Council have confirmed that ongoing asbestos removal from the Cleveland Centre poses no danger to the public. The reassurance comes following concern being raised on social media regarding the indoor section of the car park that sits on the roof of the Cleveland Centre. The structure is currently inaccessible to members of the public, as a result of fencing erected around the building.
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1 week ago | 
gazettelive.co.uk | Daniel Hodgson
Plans for a sports hub in Billingham have been given unanimous approval by councillors. At a meeting of Stockton Council ’s planning committee, held on April 9, all 14 councillors voted in favour of the proposals. Members of the committee were told that when the site is up and running, any surplus revenue will need to be reinvested back into grass-roots football in the area.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenorthernecho.co.uk | Daniel Hodgson
Top left clockwise: Andy McDonald MP, Luke Myer MP, Lola McEvoy MP, Anna Turley MP, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen. Credits: Middlesbrough Council, Darlington Council, Redcar and Cleveland Council, TVCA.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenorthernecho.co.uk | Daniel Hodgson
Two North East councillors have apologised for their conduct on social media. Middlesbrough Councillors Ian Blades and Zafar Uddin were given a slap on the wrist for their conduct on social media. The two Labour members wrote letters of apology to the council’s monitoring officer, Charlotte Benjamin, and attended a social media training session as part of an “informal resolution”.
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2 weeks ago | 
gazettelive.co.uk | Daniel Hodgson
Ben Houchen has said that he will “respect the new guidance” released by the Government on chairing Mayoral Development Corporations (MDCs) His statement comes as the six Tees Valley Labour MPs called on him to stop chairing the three MDCs in the region, which include the South Tees Development Corporation, the Middlesbrough Development Corporation and the Hartlepool Development Corporation. Mayor Houchen has said that the boards will be updated at the AGM, as per the constitution.
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2 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Daniel Hodgson
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2 weeks ago | 
gazettelive.co.uk | Daniel Hodgson
Two Middlesbrough councillors have apologised for their conduct on social media, the council's Standards Committee has been told. Labour Councillors Ian Blades and Zafar Uddin were given a slap on the wrist for their conduct on social media. The two members wrote letters of apology to the council’s monitoring officer, Charlotte Benjamin and attended a social media training session as part of an “informal resolution”.
