Luke Pollard

Luke Pollard is Minister for the Armed Forces. PIC: UK Parliament

The work of rebuilding the Armed Forces has begun - Luke Pollard

Luke Pollard, Labour’s Shadow Armed Forces Minister, said: “The Conservatives are failing in their duty to our service personnel."

One in five North Yorkshire service personnel live in lowest-rated accommodation

Boris Johnson during his appearance on the Andrew Marr show.

‘Out of touch’ Boris Johnson accused of ignoring the plight of pig farmers

Angela Rayner and Sir Keir Starmer

Angela Rayner says Labour needs to 'listen to the voters'

Priest urges against ‘cycle of anger’ at prayers for Plymouth shooting victims -...

Plymouth shooting: Six dead in Keyham incident including suspect and a child

A combine harvester harvesting a rapeseed field. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire.

Labour finally discussing Brexit and impact on farming - Yorkshire Post Letters

International Trade secretary Liz Truss, pictured April 2021 (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Liz Truss wants new markets opened up for "high quality" Yorkshire produce

The North Yorkshire Rural Commission has published its landmark first report. One of the issues the commissioners raised was the lack of younger people living in the area, which has left an estimated £1.4bn gap in the local economy.

Helping rural Yorkshire will mean more than just planting trees, says Labour

Rural communities should have the chance to shape their own destiny, a new report has said

Rural communities should be given chance to shape their own destiny, says report

Family run farms in Yorkshire face a perfect storm of issues

Family farms face perfect storm of trade deal, funding and ageing workforce

Stock photo of a hare. Photo: JPI Media

Organised crime gangs streaming hare coursing to Chinese betting syndicates

Luke Pollard launches Labour's rural policy review in Cambridgeshire. Photo: Luke Pollard

'We have done this before' - Labour launches policy review to rebuild rural vote

Labour’s history owes as much to the countryside as it does to the city, Sir Keir Starmer will say today in the first speech by the party's leader to the National Farmers’ Union annual conference in 13 years.

Keir Starmer claims 'farming matters to Labour' in NFU conference speech

Farmers will be reliant on legislation in the Bill for the new payment system

Environment Bill delay is branded "hugely unhelpful" for the rural sector

Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman. Photo: JPI Media

Environment Secretary launches new post-Brexit farming payments scheme

Shadow environment secretary Luke Pollard. Photo: Labour Party

Government has a choice between British farmers or Trump over food standards

Labour needs to fix its 'rural problem' according to the Countryside Alliance

Exclusive: 'Labour needs to fix its rural problem to form future government'

What is the future of the UK's fishing industry? Luke Pollard, the Shadow Environment Secretary, poses the question.

Tories should back Labour’s plan to save Yorkshire’s fishing jobs: Luke Pollard

Labour's shadow environment secretary, Luke Pollard, visits Hull. Photo: Emma Hardy

Shadow environment secretary visits Hull

Labours shadow environment secretary Luke Pollard. Photo: PA

Calls for investigation into coronavirus outbreaks in meat processing factories

Labour has demanded an urgent investigation into coronavirus outbreaks in meat processing plants after a swathe of examples in Yorkshire and further afield.

Geraldine Scott

Chancellor Rishi Sunak in Downing Street, London, on the first day of the easing of coronavirus restrictions to bring the country out of lockdown. Photo: PA

Rishi Sunak mistakenly votes against the Government as farming policy overhaul p...

Flooding in the village of Snaith, East Yorkshire. Photo: SWNS

Prime Minister says emergency services told him to stay away from flood-hit comm...

Local residents in floodwater in East Cowick, Yorkshire. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Government accused of 'silencing' victims of flooding by failing to commit to an...

Flooding in the village of Snaith, East Yorkshire. Photo: SWNS

Labour calls for independent review into flooding devastation

Environment Secretary George Eustice. Photo: PA

Flooding woes continue as Environment Secretary warns situation is still a 'live...

VIDEO: Woman sparks outrage after driving her car into half-marathon

What does the public response to the KFC shutdown say about modern attitudes?

Tom Richmond: Take-away '˜crisis' causes a flap as KFC chickens out