North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll has resigned from the Labour Party after being blocked by the party from running for another role in the North-East. The left-leaning mayor, who has been ...

Jamie Driscoll was elected North of Tyne mayor in 2019 Mr Driscoll, who has been a Labour member since 1985, has not ruled out taking legal action against the party.

Keir Starmer previously told banned Labour mayor Jamie Driscoll that he wanted to "unify the party" before blocking him from standing, it has emerged. In a friendly sit-down interview with Mr ...

Driscoll raises funds needed to pay for campaign after leaving Labour and announcing plans to run against former party. This live blog is closed Jamie Driscoll has now raised more than £30,000 to ...

Jamie Driscoll began an online fundraiser to stand for the new role of North East mayor and raised £25,000 in two hours In his letter, the mayor wrote: "You'd think the Labour leadership would ...

North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll is to run as an independent in next year's inaugural election of a mayor for the North East of England. He quit the Labour party on Monday with a scathing letter ...

Jamie Driscoll, mayor of the North of Tyne, refused to condemn controversial remarks from director Ken Loach about Jews, Israel and the Holocaust.

Jamie Driscoll, the mayor of the North of Tyne, has a media problem: he can’t shake off Jeremy Corbyn. “The first question I was asked by a journalist when I was selected as the Labour candidate for ...

Jamie Driscoll was elected as North of Tyne Mayor in 2019. In June, Labour said "some applicants did not meet the threshold required" but did not explain why one of the favourites for the job had ...

Jamie Driscoll was elected North of Tyne mayor in 2019 Mr Driscoll, who has been a Labour member since 1985, has not ruled out taking legal action against the party.

North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll has resigned from the Labour Party after being blocked by the party from running for another role in the North-East. The left-leaning mayor, who has been ...