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Anya Cook
BUZZ IN THE ROOM: Progressives gather in the Discovery Museum, Newcastle, Sunday May 18
Features / 20 May 2025
20 May 2025

ANYA COOK reports from the Newcastle citizens’ assembly, where over 240 people gathered to create a people’s manifesto ahead of next year’s local elections – part of former mayor Jamie Driscoll’s Majority movement

Features / 3 October 2023
3 October 2023
As more of us find ourselves locked out or expelled by Labour, a simple explanation of the leadership's motivation lies with their personal social aspirations, writes ANYA COOK
Photos from the Palestine visit. Many schoolchildren struggl
Features / 19 March 2023
19 March 2023
ANYA COOK reports back from an NEU educational visit to Palestine in February
RESILIENCE: (L to R) Anya with Tahir (on right) and a Sudane
Features / 3 August 2022
3 August 2022
ANYA COOK travelled to the refugee camps in the north of France to support the work of Care4Calais and listen to the stories of Sudanese, Afghan, Eritrean and Iranian refugees all desperate to claim asylum in Britain
Features / 25 February 2021
25 February 2021
ANYA COOK explains how the People’s Assembly North East are uniting with others in the community to assist an area where thousands of jobs have been lost or are at immediate risk
Features / 1 December 2019
1 December 2019
The benefit system is only ‘universal’ if everyone can access it — but what if you don’t speak English or have access to the internet, asks ANYA COOK
Newcastle upon Tyne
Features / 28 June 2019
28 June 2019
Anya Cook introduces Newcastle Unites, celebrating diversity and equality