The fight for Hartlepool
Today in Focus - A podcast by The Guardian
Hartlepool has sent a Labour MP to parliament in every election since 1964. But as old allegiances fray, Anushka Asthana looks back at how this previously thriving shipbuilding town has lost out over successive governments and wonders if the ‘red wall’ seat could be about to go blue at tomorrow’s byelection. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/infocus">theguardian.com/infocus</a>
