(12 May 2022, 8:35 pm)Ambassador wrote It’s electoral suicide to introduce it no matter how much they blame central government. In good economic conditions you can take it on the chin but not now.

They can’t justify a charge during the current cost of living pressures and that won’t go away for a long time, priorities have changed and the green agenda is slipping below peoples needs to well….live

Not sure politics would make much difference here. Newcastle and Gateshead won't change from Labour regardless as there's too many who just blindly tick the box in both areas. Newcastle West End is like a third world country with litter everywhere and they keep voting them in.

It's more likely that both of them have got the same contractors in that do all the other works in the area which a job that should take 2 months, takes 2 years and it's just not ready.

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