Labour

Dead crabs washed up on the beach at Redcar.

Crab deaths: MP calls for regular testing to avoid 'ecological catastrophe'

Tees Transporter Bridge, often referred to as the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, in Middlesbrough.

Cross-party support to re-open iconic Tees transporter bridge

Castle Gateway project CGI

Calls for 'much more detailed look' at finances of York's Castle Gateway scheme

Rachael Maskell is the Labour (Co-op) MP for York Central.

Let's make 2024 the year of stroke prevention policies: Rachael Maskell

The 27 service which serves Swallownest, Aston and Crystal Peaks shopping centre was cancelled as part of a raft of changes last year. (Picture: John Devlin)

Pensioner forced to walk two hours to get home after bus service cuts

A European Union flag flies in front of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. PIC: PA

Why the ‘Red Wall’ Brexit voter stereotype needs to dropped - YP Letters

Brightside and Hillsborough constituents are demonstrating against Sheffield MP Gill Furniss’ refusal to support a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Israel-Palestine conflict: Protest planned outside Yorkshire MP's office

James Cleverly is Home Secretary (Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images)

Home Secretary apologises for using four-letter word to describe fellow MP

Shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds speaking at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference. PIC: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Political stability key to British businesses thriving again - Jonathan Reynolds

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, is said to have more scope to be generous now that inflation has rapidly fallen back

Low-paid workers see wage boost ahead of Chancellor's Autumn Statement

Rishi Sunak delivers his speech at a college in north London.

Rishi Sunak pledges tax cuts as he once again resets his premiership

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and former Home Secretary Suella Braverman. PIC: Phil Noble/PA Wire

Braverman said what a large section of society believes - YP Letters

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt speaks to the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Local authorities need financial support in the Autumn Statement - The YP says

Ian Floyd. Credit: City of York Council

Council service cuts are “just the beginning of hard years in the future”

Naz Shah who is the Labour MP for Bradford West

The senior Yorkshire Labour MP who broke ranks to call for a ceasefire in Gaza

Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron during a meeting of the new-look Cabinet following a reshuffle on Monday. PIC: Kin Cheung/PA Wire

What is David Cameron doing back in Government? - Jayne Dowle

Must credit: Michael Gillen/NationalWorld

Charity claims it was sent extension contract at 4.58pm on day of expiry in York

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves making her keynote speech during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Rachel Reeves is right to pursue Covid wrongdoers - YP Letters

A file photo dated 13/10/21 of a chimney at British Steel Ltd steelworks in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

The flaws in the Government’s steel strategy has been exposed - Nic Dakin

Mawdsley's newly expanded third-party logistics warehouse facility in Doncaster.

Doncaster-based Mawdsleys unveils newly expanded warehouse facility

HS2 's Yorkshire leg was scrapped in 2021

Labour calls for end to HS2 land uncertainty in South Yorkshire
Labour figures in Yorkshire have called on the government for the second time to end a ‘blight’ on residents’ lives caused by the now-scrapped HS2 rail link.

Bridget Phillipson, the shadow education secretary, spoke of “mending the broken relationship between schools, families and government”. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Why Bradford should be worried about absenteeism at its schools - David Behrens

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer during the debate on the King's Speech in the House of Commons. PIC: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA Wire

Labour is a long way off winning over the electorate - Jayne Dowle

Rishi Sunak walks with Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer through the Central Lobby at the Palace of Westminster ahead of the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords.

Labour focus on school absences in King's Speech response

King Charles III, wearing the Imperial State Crown and the Robe of State, and Britain's Queen Camilla, wearing the George IV State Diadem, leave after he read the King's Speech in the House of Lords chamber, during the State Opening of Parliament.

Rishi Sunak places tackling crime at the heart of Government agenda

School education

Wakefield schools will lose out on £2.5m of funding due to funding errors

Chris McEwan has been a councillor in Darlington for 24 years.

Labour select mayoral candidate to take on Ben Houchen

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on stage speaking during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Labour needs to show backbone and reform social care - Yorkshire Post Letters

Levelling Up Minister Jacob Young

Calls for minister to stop Freeport work amid conflict of interest allegations

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech on the situation in the Middle East at Chatham House in central London. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Sir Keir Starmer comes across Prime Ministerial in speech - Bill Carmichael

Lisa Nandy MP, Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Yorkshire could get more than half a billion pounds a year thanks to devolution

Shadow Secretary for Technology Peter Kyle

Labour vows to fastrack the roll out of new AI technologies in NHS hospitals
Labour has promised to fast track the roll out of artificial intelligence technologies which can cut NHS waiting lists and improve care for patients, if it wins the next General Election.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and the Parliamentary Labour Party welcomes newly elected MPs Alistair Strathern and Sarah Edwards to the Houses of Parliament. PIC: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Tax cuts are not the answer to this country’s problems - Yorkshire Post Letters

Andy McDonald, the MP for Middlesbrough, has been suspended by the Labour Party after he used the phrase “between the river and the sea” during a speech at a pro-Palestine rally at the weekend.

Labour suspends Middlesbrough MP after speech at pro-Palestine rally

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, took control of the nation's finances over a year ago. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Local authority financing has reached crisis point - Andrew Vine

Andy McDonald, the MP for Middlesbrough, has been suspended by the Labour Party after he used the phrase “between the river and the sea” during a speech at a pro-Palestine rally at the weekend.

Labour MP suspended over speech at pro-Palestine rally

Flooding in Catcliffe, Rotherham

Cobra-style flooding taskforce to protect communities, Labour pledges

The end of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Why Labour is wrong to shy away from social care reform - Yorkshire Post Letters

Sir Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech to the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Labour’s pledge to build more homes hasn’t been thought through - YP Letters

Wakefield One, Wakefield Council\'s headquarters building.

Council agrees to end free parking for MPs following criticism

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper speaking during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Safety of women and girls needs to be at the top of the agenda - Jayne Dowle

Alistair Strathern gives his victory speech in Mid Bedfordshire. Credit: Getty

By-election latest: Labour wins Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire

Labour council leader Denise Jeffery and Tory opposition leader Nadeem Ahmed

‘We didn’t want it anyway’: Leaders welcome scrapping of HS2

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper speaking during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.

Yvette Cooper: Too little has changed since Leeds women's safety marches

Rotherham town centre.

Rotherham could get a new station and trains running to London within five years

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham views the 'Bee Network' buses at manufacturer Alexander Dennis in Larbert, Falkirk. PIC: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

We will take power out of the hands of Whitehall - Louise Haigh

Council considers extending clean air zone in York to cover private cars

Should Sir Keir Starmer's Labour shy away from social care crisis, it will be guilty of a calamitous own goal in its challenge to win confidence

Who cares enough to stop the suffering? - The YP Says

York city centre. (Pic credit: James Hardisty)

Council reverses ban on blue badges in pedestrianised areas of York city centre

A fundraising pot for free school meals will be set up by the council

Yorkshire council sets up £100,000 fundraising pot to pay for free school meals

Yvette Cooper meets officers in Castleford

Yvette Cooper champions new policing hub to tackle crime in Castleford

Wes Streeting, Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, delivers his speech on the final day of the Labour Party conference. PIC: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

The NHS is mired in masses of bureaucracy - David Behrens

Shadow cabinet members (left to right) Wes Streeting, Yvette Cooper, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner, during Sir Keir Starmer's speech at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Relying on Tory abstentions won’t be enough for Labour - David Blunkett

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer being interviewed for Times Radio during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Men must be part of the solution on violence against women - Bill Carmichael

Hull Paragon Station

Use HS2 money to electrify line between Hull and Selby, says council leader

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper speaking during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Generations of women who face violence have been failed - Yvette Cooper

The government has scrapped the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the HS2 high-speed rail line. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

All parties need to commit to a new station for Bradford - Zahir Irani

Labour party leader, Sir Keir Starmer, delivers the leader's speech on the third day of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.

Keir Starmer pitches to working class and Tory voters ahead of next election

Sir Keir Starmer giving his speech in Liverpool. Credit: Getty

Keir Starmer promises to build 1.5m houses in five years

Keir Starmer is interrupted by a heckler. Credit: Getty

Keir Starmer Labour conference speech crashed by protester