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                           <title><![CDATA[COUNCIL DECISION TO SCRAP HIGH QUALITY JOBS PROGRAMME COULD LEAD TO A ‘LOST GENERATION’ WARNS CITY COUNCILLOR]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Newcastle Council&rsquo;s decision to scrap a high quality jobs and training programme for 400 unemployed city youngsters could lead to a &lsquo;lost generation&rsquo;, a City Labour Councillor warned this week. The Future Jobs Fund is currently being administered by Newcastle Council and has to date created temporary jobs for 179 young people aged between 18 to 24. In June, the Council announced it was scrapping the scheme as part of a Government led spending cuts programme. The scheme is due to finish on 30th March 2011 with no indication that it is to be replaced. Councillor Stephen Lambert said: &ldquo;The...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:00:29</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[CITY COULD SEE BIG CUT IN POLICE NUMBERS WARNS LABOUR COUNCILLOR]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The City could see a big cut in &lsquo;bobbies on the beat&rsquo; if the Government goes ahead with public expenditure cuts a leading Newcastle Labour Councillor warned this week. The warning comes from Stephen Lambert, Labour&rsquo;s spokesman on Community Safety on the City Council, who this week has tabled a written question to Councillor Anita Lower, the Council&rsquo;s Executive Spokesperson for Public Protection about the matter. Councillor Lambert believes that scores of police beat officers and community support officers are under threat from predicted cuts in public services and that crime could start to rise again in some parts of...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:58:56</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[GOVERNMENT ACTION ON CITY ‘PROBLEM FAMILIES’ WORKING SAYS COUNCILLOR]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[A City Labour Councillor this week praised the Government and agencies for its work in tackling &lsquo;problem families&rsquo; living in &lsquo;challenging circumstances&rsquo;. According to information obtained from City Councillor Stephen Lambert the Government&rsquo;s Family Intervention Programme is proving successful in giving &lsquo;intensive, hard-edged support&rsquo; to 29 families across the City with a marked reduction in anti-social behaviour. Councillor Stephen Lambert, Labour&rsquo;s spokesman on Community Safety said: &ldquo;For years some neighbourhoods in the city have been plagued by a small minority of families from hell who make their lives a misery with noise and anti social behaviour. Tough Government action in...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:11:55</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[BIG FALL IN CITY CRIME RATE DESPITE RECESSION FIGURES SHOW]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Crime has fallen sharply across the City according to figures obtained by City Councillor Stephen Lambert. Overall crime, measured by official figures, is down by 6% in Newcastle from 2008/9 to 2009/10. Figures for house burglaries are down by 13% and thefts from cars have shown a steep fall of 29%. Councillor Stephen Lambert, Labour&rsquo;s Community Safety Spokesman on the Council, this week welcomed the fall in crime across the city and attributed it to the increase in police on the beat. He said: &ldquo;Crime has fallen in the City. Crime levels are now 30% lower than they were five...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:08:21</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[City Labour councillor calls on Newcastle Council and Police to lock up young people who breach ASBO's]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[A Newcastle Labour Councillor is calling on Council bosses and the police to take tough action on those young people who breach ASBOs. According to figures obtained by Councillor Stephen Lambert, who is Labour&rsquo;s Community Safety Spokesman on the Council, there are currently 21 ASBOs in place that have been pursued by Newcastle City Council and the Police (Safe Newcastle Partners). Since January 2009 a staggering 13 have been breached. Now the Labour Councillor who represent Kenton on the Council wants &lsquo;tough, no nonsense&rsquo; action taken against those who breach the Orders including prison sentences. Councillor Lambert said &ldquo;The ASBO...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:35:53</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Councillor calls for more action to deal with city's dangerous dogs]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[A Newcastle Labour Councillor this week has called on City Lib Dem bosses to take more action to deal with the problem of &lsquo;dangerous dogs&rsquo; following a series of Evening Chronicle reports. Welcoming new Government legislation which gives guidance to both councils and police to deal with the issue, Labour Councillor Stephen Lambert wants the Council to develop a strategy including increasing the number of dog wardens across the city. Councillor Lambert said: &ldquo;Over the last year the council received 30 complaints about dangerous dogs and the most recent case where a police officer was attacked north of Cowgate Estate....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:22:29</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Councillor welcomes payback time for city offenders]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[A Newcastle Labour Council this week backed a range of &lsquo;Community Payback&rsquo; schemes being introduced across the City. The Government&rsquo;s Community Payback gives young offenders in the city a chance &lsquo;to pay back&rsquo; local neighbourhoods by doing unpaid community work which aims to improve the environment. Projects to date include cleaning up Fawdon Park and this month cleaning up North Kenton Park. Councillor Stephen Lambert, Labour&rsquo;s Community Safety spokesman on the Council, said &ldquo;Community Payback is an effective project which enables young offenders to benefit local areas especially some parks which need clearing up. This is no gimmick as the...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:54:21</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[City Council gets 'Booze ASBO' powers]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[A City Labour Councillor this week backed the Government&rsquo;s decision to give Newcastle Council and Northumbria Police new powers to crack down on people responsible for alcohol-related crime and anti social behaviour. Stephen Lambert, Labour&rsquo;s spokesman on Community Safety, is calling on Lib Dem Council chiefs to apply for &lsquo;Drinking Banning Orders&rsquo; (known as &lsquo;booze asbos&rsquo;) on individuals aged over 16 who regularly commit offences while drunk. Councillor Lambert said: &ldquo;Disorder and anti social behaviour linked to booze, costs the city thousands of pounds each year. The new Orders have the potential to stop those people who are known to...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:51:48</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[No stone left unturned]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[I welcome the news of the government of &pound;4.4m in financial support to Clipper to support development of their 70m Britannia wind turbine blade prototypes at Walker Riverside. This announcement follows many months of significant work by the constituency MP Nick Brown, and the unstinting work of Shepherd Offshore to develop a sound economic base for the East End of Newcastle. This is fantastic news for the East End, for the city and for the region. To read claims that this was only made possible due to Cllr Greg Stones intervention and his hard work with Shepherds demonstrates just quite...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:12:02</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Greening the West End]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[A public meeting to plan how to 'green' parts of Newcastle's inner West End will take place on Tuesday 15 September at the Nuns Moor Children's Centre, Studley Terrace, Arthur's Hill, at 6.30 pm. The meeting has been arranged by the City Council's Wingrove Ward Councillors, and follows several months in which residents were invited to put forward ideas. Wingrove Labour Councillor Nigel Todd, said: 'We're keen to make the Wingrove Ward a much 'greener' place, and especially to do something that will make the brick terraced streets and fairly beak back lanes into a more attractive place. A number...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:21:13</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Labour plan to tackle fat cat salaries for Council contracts defeated‏]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[In a motion proposed by Cllr Nick Forbes, Leader of the Labour Group, ruling Lib Dems refused to rule out giving Council contracts to companies with excessive salaries in relation to company revenues and profits. Secretive Lib Dem only Procurement Committee spends millions of pounds a year of taxpayers money with private companies. This motion would have made sure that the Council only dealt with companies that did not have an irreponsible bonus culture. Cllr Nick Forbes said: "I support a High Pay Commission to tackle banking and executive remuneration packages. I have listened to Newcastle residents who are concerned...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:06:49</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[£300,000 plan to tackle city retail crime]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Home Office Minister Alan Campbell MP visited Kenton in August to launch the Government&rsquo;s New Retail Crime Action Plan. The plan includes a &pound;300,000 Small Retailers Fund to buy security devices such as alarms, UV Markers or radios. During the visit, the Minister met local councillors Ged Bell, Stephen Lambert, Jim Cousins MP, shopkeepers and Kenton residents who have all backed the new scheme to help crime hit shopkeepers to tackle thieves and burglars. To date, Kenton Bar Estate has seen a big drop in anti social behaviour following work by the police and councillors to improve the environment and...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:32:24</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[City Council Labour Group unveil Draft Community Safety Policy Document]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Newcastle Labour Group have this week produced a draft policy document spelling out the Party&rsquo;s proposals for boosting community safety in the city. The policy document &lsquo;A Safer City and Safer Neighbourhoods&rdquo; has been researched and produced by City Councillor Stephen Lambert who is Labour&rsquo;s Spokesman on Neighbourhoods and Public Protection. If approved, it will form part of Labour&rsquo;s Manifesto for next year&rsquo;s spring Council Elections in Newcastle. The document criticises the Liberal Democrat Party both locally and nationally as &ldquo;being too soft on crime and anti social behaviour&rdquo; and calls on the Council to revive the use of ASBOs...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:49:34</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Less than half of city residents are satisfied with the condition of pavemets and roads]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[A Newcastle City Council Residents Survey to be released to the public next week reveals that less than 5 in 10 people are happy with the condition of the city&rsquo;s pavements and roads. The figures were obtained by Councillor Stephen Lambert, Labour&rsquo;s City spokesman on Neighbourhoods. According to the survey results 41% of city residents were very satisfied/satisfied with the condition of pavements and 47% were satisfied with the roads. Councillor Lambert said &ldquo;The figures make grim reading. Less than half of the city&rsquo;s residents are happy with the condition of pavements and roads. Clearly we need more solid investment...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:45:48</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Harbottle Park]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Byker Councillors, Kemp, Allison and Dunn are currently working with city Council officers looking at investment into Harbottle Park, this is being done in consultation with local residents, we are looking at sorting out the drainage on the park, landscaping of the area and the provision of lighting to make the area a safe environment....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:47:57</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[St Lawrence's Field]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The Byker Councillors have been working with local residents in developing the St Lawrence's field area. The hard work of a number of local residents has led to a fantastic face lift for the park. The park is now used regularly by many local families, we have even seen the introduction of a green gym....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:45:28</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Byker in Bloom]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Sunday September the 13th sees the prize giving for the 5th annual Byker in Bloom, the trail blazing bloom competition which other wards now follow. Over the years we have seen brilliant entries from across the whole Byker Ward, and I know this year will be no different. Come along and witness the mini oasis's that exist across the Byker Ward....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:42:23</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Byker PFI scandal]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Local MP Nick Brown along with Cllrs Nick Kemp and George Allison recently took a number of Byker residents to Parliament to meet with Housing Minister John Healey to raise our serious concerns over the appalling application by the Liberal Democrat for a housing PFI to renew the Byker Estate. Cllr Nick Kemp states the whole thing has been a sham from the outset, the failure to engage with the local residents, the appalling application which failed to meet any of the criteria, the failure to develop alternatives because the Council claim this was the only possible way to deliver...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:38:55</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[City parents of three and four year olds get increased right to free flexible nursery schooling]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Thousands of Newcastle parents are to get increased rights to flexible, free, part time nursery provision for 15 hours a week over the whole school year it was disclosed this week. 1,800 children aged three and four will be entitled to free early years education. As part of the Government&rsquo;s commitment to young children the offer for all three and four year olds will be increasing from 12.5 hours to 15 hours of free early years education per week over 38 weeks a year. The programme will be rolled out from September 2009 starting with the city&rsquo;s most deprived neighbourhoods...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:48:56</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Four out of ten city residents claim that illegal drug usage and dealing is a problem]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[40% of Newcastle&rsquo;s residents say that people using or dealing drugs is a problem according to the results of the City Council&rsquo;s Residents Survey 2009. And the figure is higher in the city&rsquo;s most disadvantaged wards. The figures were obtained by City Councillor Stephen Lambert who is Labour&rsquo;s spokesman on Community Safety. In Kenton 51% said that people using or dealing drugs was a problem while in Walker in the east end of the City a staggering 77% regarded it as a problem. In Byker and Elswick the figure was 63% and 54% in Westgate in Newcastle&rsquo;s west end. Councillor...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:42:53</pubDate>
                           
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