Politics

I WANT to set the issue of health inequality in its historical context to demonstrate the difference in approach that spans the 37 years between the appointments of Britain’s first woman Prime Minister and its second.

IN the final extract of a three-part serialisation, Rachel Reeves explores pioneering Leeds MP Alice Bacon’s record as Education Minister.

AS the Government sets out a Green Paper on corporate governance, the precursor to future legislation on ethical business practices, Theresa May needs to tread carefully to avoid compromising her credibility – or Britain’s future prospects post-Brexit.

A Yorkshire MP is calling for a crackdown on homophobia in sport, as he warns too many people are still faced with a choice between pursuing a career in the industry and “being open about who they are”.

The Government is facing mounting pressure to greenlight the next round of bids for European Capital of Culture, as Yorkshire MPs urge ministers to cash in on the region’s ”wealth” of cultural assets.

NORTHERN POWERHOUSE Minister Andrew Percy has described the ongoing deadlock over efforts to give Yorkshire more power over its own affairs as “deeply disappointing”.

From: Dr Michael Lowry, Moseley Wood Gardens, Cookridge.

From: Martin Deane, Hull and East Riding Green Party.

TRADE UNIONS have complained the Government’s plans to give workers and consumers a voice on company boards do not go far enough.

Government proposals to give workers greater say in the running of a company and to make pay levels more transparent have been given a cautious welcome by business leaders, but concerns over the impact that ‘heavy-handed regulation’ could have on investment persist.

YORKSHIRE MEP Mike Hookem has been appointed the UK Independence Party’s spokesman on fishing issues.

IN the second extract of a three-part serialisation, Rachel Reeves explores the challenges that pioneering Leeds MP Alice Bacon faced on entering Parliament in 1945.

IT is a sobering thought that the attendance at four separate Premier League football matches at the weekend was exceeded by the 24,300 pensioners and vulnerable people who died from hypothermia and related illnesses last winter.

A YORKSHIRE MP has vowed to lead a national crusade against fuel poverty as two damning reports reveal the scale of the country’s care crisis this winter.

MINISTERS need to invest Government cash in Bradford if it is to balance its books by the end of the decade, the city’s council leader has warned.

From: Lorna Field, Menston, Ilkley.

THERESA May has confirmed plans to deploy British troops to Poland, as she and her counterpart Beata Szydlo agreed on the need to deter Russian aggression.

THE Office for National Statistics has released figures showing that a staggering 24,300 people died from mostly preventable causes over the course of winter last year.

From: Geoff Marsden, Buxton Avenue, Heanor, Derbyshire.