Politics

It is hard to come away from the Great Yorkshire Show without feeling uplifted by having spent three days closer than usual to the land. But this year, there was no mistaking the clouds hanging over those for whom farming is a year-round vocation, not a three-day excursion.

May’s local elections saw the Liberal Democrats take control of political affairs in the city of York, with history teacher Keith Aspden installed as the council’s new leader. He spoke to Ben Barnett about their challenges ahead.

Controversial plans to build more than 500 houses close to a Yorkshire nature reserve which were publicly condemned by Sir David Attenborough have been turned down.

Brexit has been blamed for the demise of British Steel by one of Yorkshire’s top business leaders.

The Tories suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Liberal Democrats in a Yorkshire by-election which followed the death of a local councillor.

Senior members of Leeds City Council have reiterated their support for bringing West Yorkshire bus services back into public control.

A Leeds City Council debate about TV licences ended in an extraordinary argument in which the administration was branded “Marxist” by an opposition councillor.

Senior opposition figures in Leeds City Council have pleaded with the ruling Labour group to ditch its so-called “rubble tax” at a highly-charged meeting this week.

Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry has urged Network Rail to re-think a controversial shutdown of the East Coast Main Line on the forthcoming August Bank Holiday, The Yorkshire Post can reveal.

School pupils in Leeds have suggested that Pacers could be used as a soft play area for children on the autistic spectrum as a contest was officially launched to find new uses for the much-maligned train carriages.

A Yorkshire MP has accused Transport Secretary Chris Grayling of failing to hold the bosses behind the controversial HS2 scheme to account as she called for greater scrutiny of the project.

Yorkshire’s Labour MPs have spoken out after a controversial BBC Panorama programme investigating claims of anti-Semitism in its ranks was broadcast last night.

After well over a year of inquiries, disputes and fully-blown arguments, Leeds City Council has finally rubber-stamped its rules for where tens of thousands of houses should be built across the city over the next decade.

A regional authority has announced ambitious plans to reduce carbon emissions to “net zero” by 2038.