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An artists impression for the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme.

We could have trams running within five years - Lord Kirkhope
Last summer the Chancellor confirmed billions of pounds for West Yorkshire's mass transit scheme. By the winter the timetable had quietly slipped once again, an...

Former health secretary Alan Milburn following the publication of the interim Milburn Report into Young People and Work. PIC: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Young people’s relationship with money is nonexistent - Sarah Todd

Sir David Davis MP

MP’s website hit with 142 million requests ‘traceable to China’

Tim Farron speaks to the media on College Green in Westminster, London. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

Politicians overlook the need to talk to the public - Sarah Todd

Tom Gordon at Knottingley Railway Station.

Working class people feel excluded from politics - Tom Gordon

Tom Gordon is MP for Knaresborough and Harrogate

It's time Yorkshire gets the dental service it deserves - Tom Gordon

Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband speaks at the Future of Energy Security Summit, hosted by the International Energy Agency and UK Government in London (Picture: Justin Tallis)

Man who threatened Ed Miliband has appeal refused

Scarborough Railway Station.

MP proposes direct London-Scarborough rail route as doubts raised

Paul Davies MP with Greenacres colleagues

Meltham care home residents enjoy MP visit

Meet The Rees-Moggs is a reality series with unprecedented access to Sir Jacob, his wife Helena, their six children, Peter, Mary, Alfred, Thomas, Anselm and Sixtus, as well as housekeeping staff and Veronica, their nanny. Photo: Discovery+.

Jacob Rees-Mogg on family's new documentary show

Kirstene Hair, Empower Coaching

Women in Yorkshire who work part-time need career progression boost

A lone banner carries pickets' taunts at mounted police outside Orgreave coking plant in June 1984.

MP urges Government to open inquiry into battle of Orgreave

Central Co-op, which has 13 stores in Yorkshire, is encouraging its members, customers and staff to write to their local MPs and advocate for legislative reform, seeking to criminalise assaults on shopworkers. Picture supplied by the Co-op.

Co-op calls for urgent legislative reform to protect frontline workers

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves arrives at BBC Broadcasting House in London. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

I want to see more communities having access to banking hubs - Rachel Reeves

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

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan talks to a student who has just received their GCSE results. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Young people need to realise that career paths aren’t linear - Justine Greening

Jacob Rees-Mogg, holds a copy of the House of Commons Committee of Privileges report into whether former prime minister Boris Johnson misled Parliament over partygate. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

What brought Boris Johnson down wasn’t policy but his conduct - Justine Greening

Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson

Which Tory MPs have resigned triggering a by-election?

MP Nigel Adams, an ally of Boris Johnson, has announced on Twitter he will be standing down with "immediate effect", triggering a by-election in his Selby and Ainsty consistency. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Yorkshire MP and Boris Johnson ally Nigel Adams announces he will stand down

Tracy Brabin is the Mayor of West Yorkshire. PIC: PA

We need powers to deliver more affordable homes - Tracy Brabin

Newly elected First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf during First Minster's Questions (FMQ's) at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh. PIC: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Scotland’s new First Minister is a victory for diversity - Dr Mohammed Ali
In 1990, when I started QED Foundation in Bradford, I never thought I would see a non-white face in the government – never mind a Prime Minister. Now we also have the first member of an ethnic minority to lead the Scottish government after Humza Yousaf was confirmed as Nicola Sturgeon’s successor earlier this week.
Dr Mohammed Ali

Suicide prevention should be a part of the national curriculum says Nick Fletcher.

Suicide prevention should be included in the RSHE curriculum - Nick Fletcher

Robbie Moore is campaigning for a full rebuild of Airedale Hospital

Airedale Hospital is falling apart - a full rebuild is required: Robbie Moore

Former Speaker of the House, Betty Boothroyd. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Iconic former speaker of House of Commons Betty Boothroyd dies aged 93

'There was a reason why it was my Department of Education (DfE) that prioritised “levelling up” before others when we released our Social Mobility strategy in 2017, two years before the words “levelled up Britain” first issued forth from Boris Johnson’s mouth'. PIC: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

How the Tory Party is facing a demographic crisis - Justine Greening

Gareth Arnold (left) and Jared O'Mara (right) have both been convicted of fraud relating to fraudulent invoices submitted to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority while O'Mara was the MP for Sheffield Hallam. The invoices requested reimbursement for services from the fictitious organisation: 'Confident about Autism South Yorkshire'

The moment cocaine-using ex-MP was dobbed in by his own staff

Wrexham footballer Paul Mullin’s political message banned from boots

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

Who is new home secretary Grant Shapps?

Peatland.

Why MP is wrong on burning of heather on peatland - Yorkshire Post Letters

Former Mayor of South Yorkshire Dan Jarvis pictured in November 2021

Former South Yorkshire Mayor Dan Jarvis on his frontbench ambitions

Houses of Parliament. Pic: PA.

Claim of Tory MP watching porn in House is another sordid episode - The YP says

Former Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow in January 2022

Parliamentary investigation labels John Bercow 'serial bully' and 'serial liar'
Former Commons Speaker John Bercow has been labelled a “serial bully” and “serial liar”, following an investigation.
Caitlin Doherty

Thirsk and Malton MP Kevin Hollinrake has criticised provision of NHS dental services in North Yorkshire.

Why North Yorkshire dental services are getting worse – Kevin Hollinrake

Lord Timothy Kirkhope of Harrogate (JPI)

'We're going through an age of populism, not Conservatism'

Julia Amess (left) the widow of Conservative MP Sir David Amess, stands with friends and family members to view flowers and tributes left for her late husband at Belfairs Methodist Church. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire.

For democracy's sake, we must push back against toxic debate - Nick Fletcher MP

Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to visit a coronavirus vaccination centre at a pharmacy in Sidcup, during a visit to the Old Bexley and Sidcup constituency head of a by-election next month following the death of the sitting member, James Brokenshire. Picture: PA

Boris Johnson to face grilling on lobbying from Standards chair Chris Bryant

Members of the National Council of Resistance of Iran hold a vigil outside the Houses of Parliament in London in memory of Sir David Amess who was a supporter of their cause for a free Iran.

This abuse of MPs will stop people entering politics – Barry White

Jubilant Newcastle United fans celebrate the club's Saudi takeover outside the stadium. Picture: Tom Wilkinson/PA Wire

Newcastle United: ‘Money talks in the Premier League. Morals are for losers’

Concervative Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford. Picture: Brian Eyre

HS2 is expensive, unwanted and bad for levelling up - Alexander Stafford MP

Tory MP Miriam Cates has written in support of the steel industry.

How Stocksbridge can become ‘green steel’ world leader – Miriam Cates

How can fuel emissions be reduced?

Why new form of fuel would be no-brainer for the North: Matt Vickers

Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman. Photo: JPI Media

Barry Sheerman calls for Jacob Rees-Mogg to resign

House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle posses for a photograph in the chamber of the House of Commons in the Palace of Westminster London. In an exclusive interview with PA the Speaker has said moving MPs to York while the Palace of Westminster is refurbished is "great PR" but unlikely to work, and he has concerns about the security implications of a decant elsewhere. Pic: PA

Manchester would be a better home for temporary Commons than York, says Speaker

Lord Heseltine spoke at a an event last week. Photo: Getty

Lord Heseltine admonishes Yorkshire MPs who do not push for devolution

Mr Calvert has stood for Parliament four times, three of which were for the Wakefield constituency.

'I was thrown to the wolves by my party': Wakefield Tory party candidate ditched...

Wakefield Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan, left, and the leader of Labour-run Wakefield Council Denise Jeffrey, right. Photos: JPI Media

Exclusive: War of words as Tory MP accuses council of 'culture of arrogance'

Tracy Brabin is Labour MP for Batley & Spen.

Co-operative movement can inspire recovery and mayoral contest – Tracy Brabin

Mary Creagh has lost her seat in Wakefield. Photo: Getty

Conservatives win Wakefield for first time in nearly 90 years

Outgoing Bassetlaw MP John Mann has set out his reasons to step down.

Why I quit as a MP today and fear for the future of Parliament if Brexit deadloc...

Yorkshire's natural beauty is one of the region's many assets. Picture: James Hardisty

Give us devolution to mark Yorkshire Day: GP Taylor

Leeds East MP Richard Burgon

MP says more needs to be done to combat far right ahead of Leeds Labour event

Nato - rather than the EU - is credited with upholding the post-war peace in Europe.

Stop rewriting history just because Nato and not the EU has kept the peace in Eu...

Angela Smith, Labour MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, has vowed to battle on despite a no confidence vote by party members.

Vote of no confidence passed in Penistone and Stocksbridge MP Angela Smith

Is Shipley's Philip Davies a good MP?

YP Letters: Filibuster Philip Davies may talk himself out of a job

Thelma Walker has been MP for the Colne Valley for a year.

Thelma Walker: A bumpy first year as MP...and what Parliament could learn from Y...

MP for for SheffieldBrightside and Hillsborough, Gill Furniss, said she was committed to finding a solution to the rise in knife crime, which she described as 'hugely concerning'.

MP 'hugely concerned by rise of knife crime' in wake of murder of Sheffield dad ...

Sir Lenny Henry is making his Sheffield Doc/Fest debut.

VIDEO PREVIEW: Sir Lenny Henry, Louis Theroux and Ian Hislop to speak at Sheffie...

Natalie Bennett former leader of the Green Party who is hoping to become MP for Sheffield Central. Picture Scott Merrylees

Natalie Bennett: Why I am determined to turn Sheffield Green

Detective Superintendent Nick Wallen, who lead the investigation. Picture: Maisie Coulbert.

Jo Cox verdict: Detective says Thomas Mair is 'cold blooded killer'

Teenagers (centre) arrive at Lunar House in Croydon, south London, from the "Jungle" camp in Calais.

Jayne Dowle: Jungle migrants - Extend hand of welcome but scrutiny is required

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