Grant Shapps

The A64 near the Hopgrove Roundabout, York, showing the single track road. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme 17th January 2024

The long and winding A64 dualling saga: What a road tells us about levelling up

A file photo of HMS Diamond, which is thought to have shot down a suspected attack drone in the Red Sea.

Royal Navy "destroys suspected attack drone" in Red Sea

The Prime Minister is reportedly "alarmed" by the ballooning costs of the HS2 [project amid rumours that his government may be about to announce that the Northern leg of the line will be scrapped. (Credit: Hollie Adams/PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak 'alarmed' by costs of HS2 project amid Cabinet split

Liberal Democrats' leader Sir Ed Davey at his party's conference in Bournemouth yesterday.

Lib Dems call for end to severence pay to rule-breaking ministers

Rishi Sunak is reportedly drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax as he looks to attract voters ahead of the next general election. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak considering inheritance tax cut

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps arrives at Downing Street, London, for a Cabinet meeting. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

What makes Grant Shapps the right fit as Defence Secretary? - YP Letters

Grant Shapps leaves Downing Street after being appointed Defence Secretary in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's mini-reshuffle, which was prompted by Ben Wallace's formal resignation. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Cabinet reshuffle leaves question marks over key departments - The YP says

PABest EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2 Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Grant Shapps during a visit to Teesside's Transmission System Gas Terminal in Middlesbrough. Picture date: Tuesday August 1, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Energy. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Ministers defend energy profits ahead of No 10 meeting with energy giants

'It was a good decision by Grant Shapps, Energy Secretary, to ditch a planned trial to replace gas boilers in homes with hydrogen-based ones'. PIC: DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images

The Government right to ditch plan for hydrogen boilers in homes - YP Letters

Bosses at Sainsbury’s have said they are “not rip-off retailer” or “profiteers” as they defended the profit made by the retailer amid scrutiny related to food inflation over the past year.

We are not rip-off retailers, says Sainsbury’s bosses at annual meeting

Online grocer Ocado Group is set to lose its spot among London’s top stocks after battling against a share price slump and shoppers cutting back.

Ocado facing relegation from London’s top stocks after share price slump

A gas hob with a bill from British Gas. Picture: PA/Owen Humphreys.

Ofgem must do more to stop force-fitting of prepayment meters - Jayne Dowle

'The UK has established itself as a world leader in offshore wind'. PIC: AdobeStock

Britain and South Korea can help each other in energy transition - Grant Shapps

A general view of Drax's power station in Selby. PIC: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Why has Grant Shapps rejected Drax’s £2bn carbon capture scheme? - Jayne Dowle

It seems that Business Secretary Grant Shapps has a very short memory. Only in January, at a keynote speech to business leaders at the Davos summit, he waxed lyrical about how Britain should take its rightful place in the front row of the new industrial revolution, securing technological advances in key fields such as energy and creating thousands of new UK jobs.

Jayne Dowle

Energy firm SSE has hiked its annual earnings outlook once again despite lower than expected power from renewable generation.

SSE lifts full-year earnings outlook again despite widening renewables shortfall

Wind turbines operated by ScottishPower Renewables (Photo by Andy Buchanan / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Residents near onshore wind turbines could be offered money off energy bills

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: British Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Grant Shapps arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street on March 28, 2023 in London, England. Government ministers are attending their final cabinet meeting before the easter recess. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Government set to announce carbon capture projects on 'Green Day'

Grant Shapps Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary. (Credit: Parliament)

Government change receipt rules on £200 Alternative Fuel Payment

Energy secretary Grant Shapps is set to appear on the Martin Lewis Money Show

Energy secretary Grant Shapps to appear on the Martin Lewis Money Show

Business and Energy Secretary Grant Shapps (pictured) has today given energy bosses a deadline of Tuesday to report back to him on what remedial action they plan to take if they have wrongfully installed prepayment meters in the homes of vulnerable customers.

Energy firms given deadline on remedial action after meters wrongly fitted

Ambulance workers are going on strike today (Feb 6)

Thousands of ambulance staff to walk out on 'biggest ever NHS strike day'

'Stripping TransPennine Express of its franchise won’t in itself make the trains to Manchester run on time, but at least it will move the trough somewhere else'.

Time to shunt TransPennine Express into a siding - David Behrens

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Ministers bring forward anti-stike legislation prompting outrage from unions

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps leaves Downing Street, London, after the government's weekly Cabinet meeting. Picture date: Tuesday September 14, 2021.

Unions could be sued for going on strike under new laws

Archive pic - A steelworker watches as molten steel pours from one of the Blast Furnaces during 'tapping' at the British Steel - Scunthorpe plant in north Lincolnshire, north east England on September 29, 2016.

Government urged to give £300m subsidy to Chinese owners of Scunthorpe steelwork

The Government has to decide whether the country has a “British steel industry”, a union boss has said, as wrangling continues over a £300m subsidy to the Scunthorpe steelworks.

Alexandra Wood

Royal Mail threat to increase first class stamps price to more than £1

Rocio Concha is Which? Director of Policy and Advocacy

What the 'bonfire' of EU regulations could mean for your business

A disgraceful dereliction of duty over rail delays - The Yorkshire Post says

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak needs to make position on onshire wind farms and net ...

Octopus Energy announces Bulb takeover: Everything you need to know

Grant Shapps is the new home secretary. Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images.

Who is new home secretary Grant Shapps?

A Covid vaccine and booster jab session in Halifax.

It's time that the country started taking Covid seriously again - Jayne Dowle

Mr Shapps had led plans which would replace the UK’s rail franchise model, and modernise its ticketing system before being sacked by Liz Truss earlier this year.

Great British Railways delayed until spring

Transport secretary Grant Shapps said the move will provide ‘direct help’ to thousands of households. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Fears over Great British Railways future following reports work has stalled

Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng speaking to the media ahead of the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham.

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng U-turn on scrapping 45p tax rate for high earners

Plans for radical MOT change opposed by most drivers

(Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Bus fares across England to be capped at £2 for three months

Government hub plan 'boosts York's case for Great British Railways HQ'

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps visits Blyth at the Newsham South rail crossing

Government commitment to levelling up questioned following overseas rail deals

Buses on the A65 Otley Road through Headingley

Grant Shapps throws £130m lifeline to bus operators

A Volvo self-driving vehicle

Self-driving vehicles could be on UK roads by 2025

Unions are striking over pay and working conditions.

Transport Secretary accuses mayors of being 'found wanting' on rail strikes

Grant Shapps is the Transport Secretary.

Our railways need reform - not more union militancy - Grant Shapps

A boulder falling into the English Channel from the MV Esperanza in February 2021 Credit: Suzanne Plunkett/Greenpeace

Greenpeace renew boulder-dumping protest to protect seabed habitats

A Transpennine service heading to Manchester.

There's only one thing slower than a train over the Pennines - David Behrens

Companies claim revenues have dropped, as fewer people have been using the buses during the pandemic, and they are also dealing with rising fuel costs, inflation, driver shortages and staff who are demanding pay rises.

Yorkshire bus services could be cut as Government resists pleas for more support

A Transpennine train travelling towards Manchester.

Government's Transpennine spending mess shows contempt for North - The YP says

The Transpennine Route Upgrade was first announced in 2011

Major rail upgrade could be hit by more delays after £190m is 'wasted'

An artists impression of what the new HS2 trains could look like. Manufacturers Hitachi and Alstom have signed a £2bn contract to build a fleet of trains to serve the new network.

Grant Shapps says passengers will 'see HS2 trains rolling into Leeds'

A runner enjoying the warm conditions whilst out in Roundhay Park on Monday (Image: James Hardisty)

How hot will it be tonight in Yorkshire?

Last night was the hottest on record - and the highest temperature was in Yorkshire

The rural Yorkshire area which saw record breaking temperatures overnight

Grant Shapps said the Transpennine Route Upgrade, first announced in 2011, will cut journey times on the route by up to 40 per cent and allow passengers to travel from Leeds to Manchester in 33 minutes.

Transpennine Route Upgrade will take '10 to 15 years' to complete

Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Government intervention could save Doncaster Sheffield Airport - Jayne Dowle

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