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Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey is due to deliver his Budget speech on Wednesday.

Budget 2026: rural drivers bearing brunt of skyrocketing fuel prices
John Healey is set to make tax-free mileage rates for nurses, care workers and self-employed people permanent.

Lord Mohammed with his late uncle Abdul Razaq (right) in 2004 when he was first elected. Mr Razaq was father figure for him after his dad passed away in 1995. Credit: Shaffaq Mohammed

“You can’t take Tinsley out of the lad”: What life is like as a Sheffield Lord

North Yorkshire home-to-school bus policy: yet more tinkering isn't the answer to the test being set (photo, Adobe Stock)

North Yorkshire home-to-school buses: get on with it

Convene rapid taskforce for urgent bluetongue vaccinations - Lib Dems

RAF Linton-On-Ouse in North Yorkshire. PIC: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

The EU allowed us a returns agreement - YP Letters

JD Wetherspoon has banned customers from playing music or taking calls on speaker after complaints that the noise was driving people "nuts". The British chain announced on Monday that it had introduced the ban across its 792 pubs, saying sounds from smartphones and tablet computers had become an "increasing problem in recent years". (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Wire)

Wetherspoons bans customers from playing music

The Rothwells protesting against North Yorkshire Council's home-to-school transport policy. Credit: Victoria Rothwell

Council says 28 schools were wrongly mapped amid controversial policy

David and Helen Thomas in Oughtershaw, Upper Wharfedale, with their daughter Willow, seven, and son Ash, five.

Controversial home-to-school transport policy 'will not save money'

Coun Michael Pavlovic, York Council's Labour administration's housing and planning executive member.

'It's not nanny-statism' - Plans to curb takeaways defended amid obesity rise

WINNER: Hull City coach Sergej Jakirovic (centre right) with the Championship play-off trophy as Hull City paraded it around the city (Image: Bruce Rollinson/PA Wire)

Premier League promotion is a 'game changer' for Hull, council leader says

Travellers pitched up on Chesney Fields, in Foxwood Lane, York, in May 2026. Picture is from York Liberal Democrats/Facebook

Chesney Fields: Travellers served eviction notice and leave York playing fields

Travellers pitched up on Chesney Fields, in Foxwood Lane, York, in May 2026. Picture is from York Liberal Democrats/Facebook

Council goes to court in bid to move travellers from Chesney Fields

King of the North: Andy Burnham has indicated previously that he feels electoral reform in the direction of proportional representation is a likely development. (photo, PA)

Proportional representation: but what does it mean?

Hull City Council full council meeting, May 21, 2026.

Liberal Democrats continue leadership in Hull despite Reform gains

Travellers pitched up on Chesney Fields, in Foxwood Lane, York, in May 2026. Picture is from York Liberal Democrats/Facebook

Chesney Fields: Group of travellers pitch up on playing fields

Sheffield Lib Dem group leader Coun Martin Smith

Lib Dems go into opposition in Sheffield ahead of new leader being elected

A community service providing scheduled travel in North Yorkshire. PIC: James Hardisty

Transport connectivity should be a priority for the region

Reform councillor Karl Johnson is set to become the new leader of Wakefield Council.

'We won't make promises we can't keep' says Reform UK's new council leader

Leeds City Council election count at John Charles Centre for Sport. PIC: Bruce Rollinson

For too long politics has been performed rather than lived - Daxa Patel

Courtesy of LDRS for use by partners. 2026 Barnsley Local Election, at Barnsley Metrodome.

Barnsley: 2026 Local election results ward-by-ward

River Wharfe, Ilkley

Yorkshire Water pumped sewage into bathing water for 7,968 hours
The figures from the Environment Agency, compiled by the Liberal Democrats, are a “national scandal”, according to party leader Sir Ed Davey.
Ralph Blackburn

Campbell, Farage, Davey, Ross. Both pictures taken by Donna Clifford.

'Way off the mark' - Reform UK hit back after Ed Davey's Luke Campbell criticism

Campbell, Farage, Davey, Ross. Both pictures taken by Donna Clifford. Permission for use for LDRS partners

Ed Davey says Luke Campbell is 'consistently useless' as political row unfolds

Green Party's Hannah Spencer celebrates winning the Gorton and Denton by-election at Manchester Central. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Why changing the voting system could backfire - David Blunkett

The Applegarth car park in Northallerton. Photo: NYC.

Parking charge increase set to costs motorists an extra £3.5m

Coun Kurtis Crossthorn, who represents Beighton ward on Sheffield City Council, at the proposed travelling showpeople's site off Eckington Way

'Very disappointed' - Politicians speak out against Green Belt plans

Laburnum Road in Redcar and (inset) a council refuse truck

Councillor says sorry after careless driving incident injures bin man

York: a Care Quality Commission report has sparked a blame-game row among political opponents - but lives are being put at risk whilst arguments are being had (photo, PA)

York: who will the finger-waggers blame when someone needlessly dies?

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Old tech holding back NHS in age of AI - The Yorkshire Post says

Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey is all dressed up and ready for Christmas ... but he and his party feel the NHS is not ready for Christmas at all. Do you agree? (PA)

Loss of trust brings dangerous results

Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs spokesman Tim Farron chats to farmer Dan Marriner from Richmond, during his visit to Leyburn Auction Mart in July.

Liberal Democrats launch food security plan due to land use concerns

North Yorkshire Council's full meetings on November 12

Row over home-to-school transport escalates amid broken promises claim
A bitter row over changes to home-to-school transport policy in North Yorkshire has escalated with accusations of the truth being misrepresented and promises being broken.
Joe Willis

Children in a school classroom.

The SEND system is crumbling under pressure - YP Letters

A general view of a school safety zone sign. PIC: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

Protest against North Yorkshire Council’s schools transport policy - YP Letters

New Woodhouse councillor Willis Marshall, pictured here at the Sheffield City Council by-election count in Sheffield Town Hall on November 29, 2024. Picture: Julia Armstrong, LDRS

Willis Marshall: Sheffield’s youngest councillor suspended after complaint

Health Secretary Wes Streeting outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, after appearing on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

No all-party social care meeting for weeks, Lib Dems say

North Yorkshire Police wants people to join the force as a Special Constable.

Just 1% of North Yorkshire Police dedicated to tackling rural crime

A GP at their desk. PIC: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

North Yorkshire has biggest increase in two-week GP appointment waits

Coun Mike Ross (left) and Ed Davey (right) call for 'polluters to pay' in North Sea. On banks of Humber Estuary. Credit Donna Clifford.

Ed Davey praises Yorkshire people and organisations after North Sea collision

Campaigners take part in a rally for the social care day of action at Parliament Square, Westminster. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

Councils forced to 'hike parking charges and fees to fund social care'

Mike Ross

Hull council leader demands government intervention over year-long A63 delay

Hull and East Yorkshire mayoral candidate Coun Mike Ross, left, and Lib Dem leader Ed Davey, centre. Credit: Lib Dems

Lib Dems 'confident' of winning first mayor in Hull and East Yorkshire

Rachel Reeves was shown a clip from an angry Yorkshire farmer on the BBC. Credit: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire

Thousands of farms in Yorkshire could be hit by Labour's 'tractor tax'

Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Tom Gordon, says he will be opposing the Reserved Matters application submitted recently to North Yorkshire Council by Harrogate Spring Water. (Picture contributed)

A&E waits of 12-hours at this NHS trust have almost trebled in a year

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper delivers a speech during the Labour Party Conference. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Has privatising prisons backfired on us taxpayers? - Yorkshire Post Letters

Barnsley Council are looking to implement a hardship fund following cuts to winter fuel payments.

Barnsley Council to set up hardship fund for pensioners after fuel payment cuts

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey holding a Q&A during the party's autumn conference in Brighton. Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Nearly 460K children across region have not seen an NHS dentist in a year

Patients waiting up to seven months for skin cancer treatment

Students at Woodkirk Academy in Wakefield celebrated their grades after being impacted by the RAAC concrete crisis and despite being denied a grad up-lift.

Students impacted by RAAC crisis get no grade up-lift

A taped off section inside a school which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac). Credit: Jacob King/PA Wire

Call for higher grades for students at schools affected by Raac concrete

Harrogate and Knaresboroogh MP Tom Gordon said the pay-off to the boss of Yorkshire Water, which is part of a more than £1 million pay packet, sends out the wrong signals. (Picture contributed)

Yorkshire Water permit breaches double in two years, FoI finds

The stretch of the River Ouse which includes Yorkshire Water's pumping station, the University of York Boat Club and Fulford Ings (right, north to south).

Yorkshire Water fine should be just the start - The Yorkshire Post says

Cllr Safiya Saeed gives a passionate speech about her experience as a councillor to raise awareness about abuse members receive.

Sheffield’s deputy mayor tells of threat to burn down her house

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner during a visit to a housing development. PIC: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Labour's housing targets are realistic - Bartek Staniszewski

abour leader and incoming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street

Watch: Keir Starmer makes first speech as Prime Minister outside No 10

General Election 2024’s 7 best campaign moments and gaffes.

General Election 2024 7 best campaign moments and gaffes

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks back in to 10 Downing Street, London, after calling a General Election for July 4. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Next PM needs to better understand farming communities - Sarah Todd

Roundhay Parochial Hall, Fitzroy Drive, Roundhay, Leeds, one of the many Polling Station open for the Local Elections.

Neurodiverse election candidates fear discrimination

Britain's Labour Party politician and Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting speaks to a television crew outside the BBC in London, June 16, 2024, in the build-up to the UK general election on July 4. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)

Alarming lack of urgency in Labour's plan for social care: Mike Padgham

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage on the Reform UK campaign bus in Barnsley. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Are there any voices left in Westminster to speak up for farming? - Sarah Todd

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