Labour leadership and deputy leadership candidates travelling to hustings to be held in Leeds next week could experience first-hand some of the issues found on the North’s railway as journeys from London will be scuppered by engineering work.
Labour could implement rule changes and should allow equality inspectors access to all of its staff members as the party continues to address its anti-Semitism issue, leadership hopeful Sir Keir Starmer has told The Yorkshire Post.
The new head of tourism agency Welcome to Yorkshire (WtY) has warned big changes need to be made to the organisation, which believes ‘hasn’t been fit for purpose’.
Rural areas saw some of the largest increases in fire service response times as there were rises across the country in how quickly firefighters could get to the scene of a blaze.
The introduction of new laws for agriculture have been heralded as a “big step forward” as farmers will be paid for “public goods” such as protecting water and air quality and tackling climate change.
Business leaders in South Yorkshire have welcomed steps towards a devolution deal but maintained they still remain fixed on the “ultimate prize” of a region-wide agreement to secure powers from Westminster.
A LEADING Yorkshire entrepreneur today challenges TransPennine Express managing director Leo Goodwin to witness the chaos and confusion that passengers endure on a daily basis as a direct result of late-running trains.
Empty business premises are costing Yorkshire councils tens of millions of pounds a year because of rules that mean they do not have to pay tax, with some property owners exploiting loopholes intended to help new businesses.
Brexit, the General Election result, and a flexibility from Government are all factors which are understood to have broken the deadlock over devolution in South Yorkshire and allowed local and national leaders to reach an agreement.
New Government money touted yesterday as the “largest cash settlement” for the health service will not be enough to close the inequalities between the North and the South, a group which brings together northern health organisations has said.
Residents in a South Yorkshire village have once again rallied against plans for a pig farm with 1,000 animals and say the ‘intolerable’ development will have a ‘devastating effect’ on people.
