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|name = Nick Forbes |honorific-suffix = CBE |image = |office = Leader of Newcastle City Council |term_start = 5 May 2011 |term_end = |predecessor = David Faulkner |successor = |majority = |office2 = Leader of LGA Labour Group |term_start2 = 6 January 2016 |term_end2 = |predecessor2 =Jim McMahon |successor2 = |majority2 = |office1 = Leader of the Labour Party on Newcastle City Council |deputy1 = |term_start1 = May 2007 |term_end1 = |predecessor1 = |successor1 = |office3 = Newcastle City Councillor for Arthur's Hill Westgate (2004-2018) Moorside (2000–2004) |deputy3 = |term_start3 = 4 May 2000 |majority3 = |term_end3 = |predecessor3 = |successor3 = |birth_name = Nicholas Iain Forbes | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1973|11|08}} |birth_place = County Durham, United Kingdom[1][2][3] |death_date = |death_place = |party = Labour |spouse = |children = |website = nickforbes.org.uk nick4mayor.com |honorific-prefix = Councillor }} Nicholas Iain Forbes {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (born 8 November 1973) is a British Labour politician who has served as the leader of Newcastle City Council since 2011. He has served as leader of the Labour group on the City Council since 2007. Early lifeForbes was born on 8 November 1973.[3] He attended Wolsingham Comprehensive School in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, before studying social and political sciences at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he obtained a 2.i degree.[4] He later studied for a management diploma from Sheffield Hallam University, and a Master's degree in Music from the Open University.[3] Political careerForbes became a councillor in May 2000, representing the Westgate part of the city, and went on to become leader of the Labour group in May 2007.[5] In 2011, he became leader of the council following the 2011 local elections which saw the Liberal Democrats suffer heavy losses across the city, as well as nationally. He has been an extensive critic of the government's fiscal policy of cuts in funding to local government, and defended a policy of particularly cutting arts funding in the city in response.[6][7][1] Forbes is critical of Universal Credit.[8] In February 2016, Forbes succeeded Jim McMahon as leader of Labour's Local Government Association.[9] In 2018 and 2019, Forbes unsuccessfully sought selection to be Labour's candidate in the 2019 North of Tyne mayoral election, losing to Jamie Driscoll.[10][11] HonoursForbes was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to local government.[12] References1. ^1 {{cite news |first= Patrick |last=Butler|title=Newcastle council leader: arts cuts are inevitable result of coalition policy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jan/08/newcastle-council-nick-forbes-cuts |work=The Guardian |date=8 January 2013 |accessdate=17 April 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/search/results?sourcecategory=birthsutf002c%20marriages%20utf0026%20deaths&collection=births%20utf0026%20baptisms&datasetname=england%20utf0026%20wales%20births%201837-2006&firstname=nick&firstname_variants=true&lastname=forbes&birthyear=1973&birthyear_offset=1®ion=great%20britain |work=GenesReunited |title=Search Results: Nick Forbes}} 3. ^1 2 [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/fZyuz-dTyd2qBI-4bbrGbDfYlJQ/appointments] 4. ^Andrew Hankinson, [https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/01/nick-forbes-newcastles-king-cuts 'Nick Forbes: Newcastle’s king of cuts'], New Statesman, 15 January 2013. Accessed 28 January 2019. 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/your-council-and-democracy/councillors-and-democracy/councillors/leader-of-the-council|title=Leader of the council|work=Newcastle City Council|accessdate=17 April 2017}} 6. ^{{cite web|last1=Harris|first1=John|title=Is saving Newcastle a mission impossible? |date=24 November 2014 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/nov/24/-sp-is-saving-newcastle-mission-impossible|website=The Guardian|accessdate=18 January 2016}} 7. ^{{cite web|last1=Harris|first1=John|last2=Mason|first2=Rowena|title=Funding crisis leaves Newcastle facing 'impossible cuts' and social unrest|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/24/funding-crisis-newcastle-impossible-cuts-social-unrest|website=The Guardian|accessdate=18 January 2016}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/19/universal-credit-pilot-cathy-come-home-newcastle-housing-crisis|title=Universal credit is returning my city to the days of Cathy Come Home|last=Forbes|first=Nick|date=15 October 2017|work=The Guardian|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 9. ^{{cite web|first=Conor |last=Pope |title=Nick Forbes elected new leader of Labour's local government group|work=Labour List|url=https://labourlist.org/2016/02/nick-forbes-elected-new-leader-of-labours-local-government-group/ |date=6 February 2016 |accessdate=26 March 2016}} 10. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-city-council-leader-nick-15416602|title=Newcastle City Council leader Nick Forbes explains why he's running to be North of Tyne mayor|last=Seddon|first=Sean|date=15 Nov 2018|work=Chronicle|accessdate=20 Dec 2018|location=Newcastle upon Tyne}} 11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/jamie-driscoll-north-tyne-mayor-15860074|title=Who is Jamie Driscoll? Labour's left-wing North of Tyne mayoral candidate|last=Seddon|first=Sean|date=2019-02-20|website=nechronicle|access-date=2019-02-21}} 12. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/nick-forbes-new-year-honours-15604700|title=Newcastle City Council leader Nick Forbes gets CBE in New Year Honours|last=Sharma|first=Sonia|date=2018-12-28|website=nechronicle|access-date=2018-12-29}} External links
9 : 1973 births|Alumni of the Open University|Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University|Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Councillors in Newcastle upon Tyne|Labour Party (UK) councillors|Living people|People from Newcastle upon Tyne |
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