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Tom Sheldrick
@TomSheldrickITV
Political Correspondent @itvtynetees & @ITVborder. Some weekends @itvnews. #CFC
Westminster
Joined November 2009
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    BREAKING: New Communities Secretary Angela Rayner has decided there was an error in the law in the previous government's decision to grant planning permission for the West Cumbria coal mine - and the government won't be defending that decision against legal challenges
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    BREAKING: Carlisle Conservative MP John Stevenson (@John4Carlisle) says he has submitted a letter of no confidence in Prime Minister @BorisJohnson
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    BREAKING: Conservative MP for Bishop Auckland @DehennaDavison announces she will stand down at the next general election
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    BREAKING: Labour will have a majority on the new Cumberland Council This is a remarkable result - all 3 MPs in the area are Conservatives (Carlisle, Copeland, Workington) 2 seats still to be declared
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    Conservative MP for Hartlepool Jill Mortimer has said she will be voting for Boris Johnson to continue as Prime Minister
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    Keir Starmer says he will hold a meeting with regional mayors on Tuesday, not just from Labour Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is the only Conservative mayor left in England - his relationship with the new Labour government is going to be very interesting
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    The Prime Minister was challenged by a mum over the government's childcare policy at a nursery in Hartlepool this morning She told him: "nurseries are struggling" and "it doesn't feel like the system has got the foundations right" Watch ⬇️
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    More backing for @BorisJohnson in statements from 2 Teesside Tories @SimonClarkeMP: "I absolutely stand by" the PM & "I am very proud to serve in Boris' govt" @JacobYoungMP: PM "has apologised unreservedly, has outlined how he will act, & I believe now is the time to move on"
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    Replying to @TomSheldrickITV
    Holly Blades from @ProtestNufc says "the government need to step up" and make sure Newcastle United supporters are treated fairly
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    Watch: Gateshead's @IanMearnsMP treated the Commons to a timely performance of 'Blaydon Races' this morning Leader of the House @Mark_Spencer says he understood most of it
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    Replying to @TomSheldrickITV
    Reacting to my interview with Liz Truss... Scottish Borders SNP MSP Christine Grahame says it's "quite extraordinary for a Prime Minister to allude to the fact that" - if the Supreme Court rules another independence referendum is legal - "she would try to oppose this"
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    Labour are continuing to pursue Teesworks concerns at a senior level The party's deputy leader (and Shadow Levelling Up Secretary) @AngelaRayner told me this afternoon why she thinks there should be a National Audit Office investigation...
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    Rather than becoming Prime Minister today, the Richmond MP @RishiSunak joined a Westminster Hall debate as a backbencher this morning "I hadn't planned on speaking but ... it turned out I had more time on my hands than I'd anticipated"
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    NEW: Labour leader @Keir_Starmer responds to criticism over Jamie Driscoll (@MayorJD) not being on the party's candidate longlist for North East Mayor "We're going through a rigorous selection exercise & I make no apologies for saying we want the highest quality candidates"
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