Category: Policy
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Labour choose PD Ports to announce £1.8bn port upgrade plan
Pictured: Luke with Frans Caljé, Chief Executive Officer of PD Ports Visiting PD Ports on Teesside today, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves announced Labour’s landmark plan to commit £1.8 billion over five years on upgrading the UK’s port infrastructure as part of our flagship Green Prosperity Plan. This investment will…
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Luke visits Freebrough in Brotton
Luke recently visited his old school, Freebrough Academy in Brotton, to see the work they have done to get the school to its ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating earlier this year. The school was rated ‘Inadequate’ in 2018, with inspectors raising concerns about safeguarding and behaviour – but is now rated among…
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New programme to help children fulfil their potential
17 October 2023 – from Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council PARENTS, carers and everybody who supports children in their early years will come together in a Redcar programme which helps to support the best start in life and a strong foundation for children to fulfil their potential. Redcar and Cleveland Borough…
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Baby loss parents decorate Saltburn pier with ribbons
10 October 2023, BBC News Ribbons with names and messages written on them are being tied to a pier by parents who have lost children. The display at Saltburn-by-the-Sea has been arranged as part of Baby Loss Awareness Week. Lottie King, who set up the Leo’s Neonatal charity to provide…
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Luke backs specialist education to keep children close to home
Today (19 September 2023), Cabinet Member for Children, Cllr Luke Myer, visited Rigwood House at Saltburn – home to Old Farm School’s second site at Rigwood Cottage, alongside the nearby Rigwood House residential provision. He met the team to discuss the council’s support for local specialist education to be expanded…
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Luke visits new Clean Energy Education Hub
Luke visited the new Clean Energy Education Hub at Redcar & Cleveland College this week. Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council worked in partnership with the College on the facility, which is developing new skills training routes to help local people get into the green jobs of the future. It has…
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Luke opens new Skelton Family Hub
Luke was delighted to open the new Family Hub at Skelton – which he helped to deliver as Cabinet Member for Children in Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council. The new centre will include services for children of all ages, from birth registration up to teenagers, working with the Youth Centre…
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Luke opens new family centre in Loftus
12 September 2023 Families in East Cleveland are set to benefit from a major boost in local support, as a newly transformed Family Hub was officially opened in Loftus this week. The relaunch forms part of a £2.6 million investment into Family Hubs across Redcar and Cleveland, designed to bring…
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Council paws-itively welcomes dog-friendly venues
10 August 2023 Redcar & Cleveland’s Labour Council has launched a new online directory of dog-friendly places to visit across the borough. The guide brings together cafés, pubs, attractions, hotels, guest houses and holiday lets that welcome dogs, helping residents and visitors plan days out without leaving their four-legged friends…
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Perinatal support service launched across Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland
Today (20th July 2023) thanks to partnership commissioning between Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland councils, local baby loss charity Leo’s are launching a perinatal support service. Losing a baby during pregnancy, birth or in the days or weeks after, can be one of the most devastating and traumatic experiences a…
