Andrew Carter

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, speaks during the Northern Research Group conference at Doncaster Racecourse. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Sunak is wrong to pit towns like Selby against cities like Leeds: Andrew Carter

Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Rodley

Building of houses beside Yorkshire canal could leave residents 'marooned'

Councillor Andrew Carter has led the local Tories since 1980 and served as Leeds’ joint council leader between 2004 and 2010, when the Conservatives led the city in coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

Leeds’ top Conservative retires as the party’s group leader after 43 years

Winemaker Chapel Down has reported a jump in sales and profits after selling a record number of sparkling wines and bumping up its prices.

Sparkling wine sales fizz for Chapel Down amid price rises

Leeds City Council said it will never place a child in the care of a convicted paedophile again

Council promises to never place child in care of convicted paedophile again

A converted farm house in Todwick, South Yorkshire, has caused a dispute over ownership that has now cost a family £1m collectively.

Family spends £1m on lawyers in fight over converted barn worth £245,000

Council tax rise approved as budget passed

Leeds residents will see council tax rise by close to five per cent in April

Local authorities need more cash and powers to help tackle damp and mould in private homes, Leeds City Council’s chief executive Tom Riordan has said.

Funding and powers needed to tackle mould problem in homes - The YP says

Councillor compares pot-hole covered Yorkshire road to 'surface of the moon'

Councillor compares pot-hole covered Yorkshire road to 'surface of the moon'

Calls for council to apologise after u-turning on decision to close primary school after backlash

Calls for council to apologise after u-turning on primary school closure

A discreet school food bank for staff and the community

‘Secret’ School Food Bank is stocked up for a busy Christmas

Andrew Carter decided to open up the food bank six years ago when he realised that some families in the local area needed some extra support.

Anonymous Waitrose delivery sent to food bank run by headteacher in his office

Yorkshire primary school's Deputy Headteacher Andrew Carter said demand for the school's food bank has 'snowballed'

School deputy head runs ‘hidden’ food bank from his office for families

First Direct Arena, Leeds

Leeds says Eurovision Song Content will be 'Ukraine's party in our house'

There has been a shock result in the Leeds Council elections.

SDP wins first council seat in Leeds for 34 years in shock result

The next mayor of South Yorkshire has been urged to bring the region's buses under public control

Bring South Yorkshire's buses under public control as priority, new mayor urged

Leeds city centre suffered the worst drop in revenues.

Here are the Yorkshire towns and cities that were worst impacted by the pandemic

File photo dated 26/02/15 of train timetables at Sheffield station. (PA)

Poor transport infrastructure costing Yorkshire more than £5 billion every year

Footfall in Sheffield city centre is still more than 40 per cent down on pre-pandemic levels. Picture: Scott Merrylees.

City centre businesses in Leeds and Sheffield 'face uncertain future'

Worst affected in the region is Leeds City Council whose predicted shortfall for 23/24 is £99.9m, representing 22.9 per cent of the Labour-run council's net budget.

This is the town hall with the biggest budget black hole in Yorkshire

The Government has been advised to provide more assistance.

New North South divide as areas of Yorkshire fell into debt during the pandemic
Households across Yorkshire and the North are facing an “avalanche” of debt accrued during the Covid 19 crisis, with a fresh North South divide having opened up in terms of personal finances.

Hundreds of businesses rely on commuting office workers to sustain them.

Warning over Yorkshire city centre job losses as office workers stay home

How will West Yorkshire's first mayor cut congestion and promote growth in cities like Leeds?

West Yorkshire mayor’s three defining policy tests – Andrew Carter

Andrew Carter, the Chief Executive of Centre for Cities, said the election of the first West Yorkshire mayor combined with increased devolution of powers could boost the region's economy by improving the quality of infrastructure and land usage.

'Creation of mayor creates chance to develop integrated transport strategy'

The Chancellor is accused of lacking a long-term plan.

Think Tank says Government decision making is 'stuck back to the 1990s'

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are being urged to spell out the Government's levelling up blueprint.

North’s economic emergency over virus requires action – Andrew Carter

Yorkshire Greenspace Alliance protest against the loss of Greenbelt at the roundabout in Horsforth in 2017.

Leeds Council to remove ALL 37 greenbelt sites from long term building plans

Skills training matters even more than new transport infrastructure, argues Andrew Carter.

Schools and skills as important as North’s new rail links – Andrew Carter

Should electrification of the railway between Hull and Liverpool take precedence over HS2?

HS2 billions should be spent on Hull to Liverpool rail link – Yorkshire Post Let...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak's decision to cut aid spending continues to prompt much comment.

Unicef director - Overseas aid cut puts children’s lives at risk: YP Letters

Reform of business rates, says Andrew Carter, is crucial to saving struggling high streets.

Fix broken rates system to rescue high streets – Andrew Carter

How can Yorkshire devolution be best advanced?

Now is the time to speed up devolution in Yorkshire – Andrew Carter
LAST December the Prime Minister promised to level up the ‘left behind’ cities and towns of the UK.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is under pressure to re-write the spending rules for an expected Comprehensive Spending Review this autumn, but the new report warns a lack of direction is a greater threat to the Government's levelling up agenda.

'Lack of strategy' is greatest threat to levelling up the country, report warns

The site, off Owlcotes Road.

Green light for dozens of houses on Pudsey site

Holiday lodges at Swaleview Park, near Richmond

Why buyers are making a beeline for rural Yorkshire holiday parks

The Railway Hotel

Sheffield United pub The Railway Hotel is to reopen soon under new management

Picture: James Hardisty.

Yorkshire's Universal Credit claims soar by more than 53,000 over just one month

Traffic congestion is a frequent problem in Yorkshire.

Why you are 21 times more likely to be killed by air pollution than a car crash ...

A car emits fumes from its exhaust as it waits in traffic in central London. Photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)

Failure to act on air pollution levels will be deadly: The Yorkshire Post says

The proposed station would be more than a mile away from the terminal.

Proposed rail station ‘too far’ from Leeds Bradford Airport

Councillor Andrew Carter has hit out at Welcome to Yorkshire.

Welcome to Yorkshire promises FoI discussions after senior Leeds politician's 'w...

Patrick Carter, director in the office agency team at Savills in Leeds

Property People: Patrick Carter

File photo dated 28/01/19 of Union and European Union flags outside the Houses of Parliament, London.

Yorkshire to be hit harder than rest of UK on tariffs

Devolution could see Yorkshire become '˜England's Catalonia'

How many new homes shlould be built in Leeds?

YP Letters: Right kind of housing in the right places

Coun Andrew Carter

Call for taxi register ahead of Leeds Clean Air Zone charges

Centre for Cities chief executive Andrew Carter called on political and business leaders to take action now to ensure the "devastation which resulted from the loss of the coal mining industry in Yorkshire isn't repeated again".

Rise of robots to hit jobs on scale of mine closures, says think-tank

Coun Andrew Carter

Â£30m plan to upgrade three '˜congestion hotspot' Leeds road junctions

Taxpayer loan of almost Â£5m to be written off after Leeds hotel project collaps...

U-turn on Leeds housing targets as '˜inflated' numbers are slashed by a fifth

'˜Where's our Â£4m?' - Leeds councillor demands answers over taxpayer-backed loa...

Former West Yorkshire Police Chief Constable Mark Gilmore.

No sign of police conduct report

Andrew Carter

Talks offer new hope on end to Yorkshire devolution deadlock

Education watchdog Ofsted brands Leeds primary schools as “weak”

Lucinda Yeadon, Leeds City Council's executive member for children and families

‘Frankly inexcusable’: Now Leeds primary schools on list of shame

October 7: Divide and rule policy for Yorkshire leaves us to lag behind

Coun Peter Box speaks at The Yorkshire Post's Big Debate event

Big Debate: Where next for devolution to Yorkshire?

Land release plan to aid Leeds Bradford Airport gets green light amid protest

Fresh row over 70,000 new homes target for Leeds

Leeds Local Elections 2015 at the Leeds First Direct Arena

Leeds stays red despite national defeat