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Many women are victims of economic abuse

This is what it is like to be a victim of economic abuse: Sarah Coles

Sheffield Clean Air Zone - charges for the first eight months totalled almost £3.3m

Sheffield buses fitted with faulty technology that is 'failing' to cut pollution

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at the World Climate Action Summit in Dubai, during the Cop28 summit. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Keir Starmer's praise of Margaret Thatcher is an unforced own goal: The YP says

Rishi Sunak's Network North plans are full of old plans which were shelved by the Government, MPs have been told. Photo credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Network North full of rail projects that have 'not been developed'

Meat producer Cranswick has hired 500 workers from the Philippines to bolster staff numbers

Cranswick hiring 500 Filipino workers highlights madness of Brexit: Letters

Former Wilko chair Lisa Wilkinson appearing before the Business and Trade Select Committee in the House of Commons, London answering questions on the subject of the collapse of Wilko. Picture date: Tuesday November 28, 2023.

Watch moment Wilko boss tells MP she has 'let down' staff and shoppers

Seema Malhotra MP, Co-Chair of the APPG on Mortgage Prisoners said “The FOS has concluded that the SVR increases by Mortgage Agency Services No.5 (MAS5) Ltd were unfair and not in line with the terms and conditions of the mortgage. These unfair increases have had a devastating impact on customers. Many of these customers have serious health issues or financial problems." (Photo by PA)

MPs call on Co-op Bank to pay redress to customers

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves

Autumn Statement: Rachel Reeves says workers are ‘worse off’ despite tax cuts

Cranswick specialises in poultry and pork products

Food producer Cranswick removes Brexit disruption as 'material risk'

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

New Home Secretary James Cleverly leaving Downing Street, London, after being appointed in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's ministerial reshuffle. PIC: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire

Sacking of Suella Braverman was inevitable - The Yorkshire Post says

Bradford Council is facing its own financial troubles relating to ballooning costs for children's services.

No solution to 'broken' children's services, MPs warned

A general view of a domestic home wireless room thermostat. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

People still need help with their energy bills this winter - Alex Sobel

A general view of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. PIC: Tony Johnson.

A one size fits all approach to healthcare does not work - The YP says

Michelle Donelan is Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology. PIC: UK Parliament

Tackling safety key to the successful adoption of AI - Michelle Donelan

Tim Reynard, the creator of “Uprooted”

North Yorkshire set for comedy drama about MPs setting up a new Parliament

Crispin Blunt has admitted he was the Tory MP arrested over the suspicion of rape

Senior Tory names himself as MP arrested on suspicion of rape

Bibby Stockholm barge used to house asylum seekers

'Huge challenge' over asylum cases backlog, MPs warn

Conservative Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart in Hedon Market Place for a street surgery being confronted by anti-broadband pole protesters with the Going Underground campaign group, on Saturday, October 21. Picture is from Ray Duffill

Row over broadband poles being put up in Yorkshire town heads to Westminster

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

Housing Secretary Michael Gove wrote to Tory backbenchers to say the ban on “no-fault” section 21 evictions promised as part of the Renters Reform Bill will not be enacted before a series of improvements are made in the legal system. Campaigners say this could delay the ban for years. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Kim Mogg

Ban on no fault evictions delayed indefinitely by Tory government
A total of 87 MPs declared an income as landlords, including 19% of Conservatives.

Wakefield One, Wakefield Council\'s headquarters building.

Council agrees to end free parking for MPs following criticism

The Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness All Party Parliamentary Group said: "There is considerable evidence, some of it in the public domain, that makes clear the undeniable link between the controversial retrospective Loan Charge and suicides, attempted suicides and serious self-harm as well as depression, anxiety and breakdown. We have raised this many times." (Photo by PA)

Loan charge has 'undeniable link’ with suicides say MPs: Greg Wright

An artist impression handout issued by HS2 of a early visualisation of an HS2 train. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

Cutting HS2 is putting short term political expediency - YP Letters

People growing vegetables in a grass verge.

Hull to become first in UK to allow people to grow food on disused land

Rotherham Labour MP Sarah Champion (right) discusses the nuclear energy skills gap with EDF's Rachael Glaving. Picture by Rob Whitrow.

Yorkshire MP calls for ‘laser sharp’ focus on getting people into nuclear sector

People protesting against knife crime at the scene in Croydon, south London, where 15-year-old Elianne Andam was stabbed to death. PIC: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Why can’t we break the cycle of youth violence? - Dr Alan Billings

HS2 has been stopped from reaching the North of England - but work is progressing in the south of the country. Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

How HS2 proves problem of making data say what you want: Bird Lovegod

Former SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron, left, who has defected to the Tories, and SNP leader Humza Yousaf. Credit: PA/Getty

SNP MP defects to Tories after claiming 'toxic and bully treatment'

A protester throws glitter over and disrupts Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer making his keynote speech during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Serious questions need to be asked around safety of politicians - The YP says

Rishi Sunak has previously ditched promises made to Northern Tories after winning their support during last summer's Tory leadership race against Liz Truss.

Northern Tories release manifesto wishlist ahead of next election

'There are rewards as well – such as trips arranged through our MPs to 10 Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament in London'. PIC: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images

Project helps the police to engage with young people - Dr Alan Billings
It is not always easy for the police to engage with many of the young people from ethnic minority communities in South Yorkshire. There is often a mistrust between them, particularly the boys, and officers.

An EU flag and a Union flag held by a demonstrator is seen with Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) and the Houses of Parliament. PIC: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images

From ‘State of Chaos’ it’s clear where FCO’s loyalties lie - YP Letters

The letter from the All-Party Parliamentary Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness Group states: "In two cases that we are aware of, the loan charge was mentioned in suicide notes. We have also had testimonies from advisers of two of the victims, in each case their adviser was clear that the pressure from HMRC, as a result of the loan charge, was the reason the individual took the decision to end his life." (Photo by John Walton/PA Wire)

MPs seek more information about suicides linked to the loan charge

Zach Eagling and his mum Claire Keer.

Schoolboy convinces MPs to introduce new law targeting malicious trolls

Liz Truss has been claiming from fund for ex-prime ministers despite only 49 days in office (Getty Images)

Liz Truss claims from fund for ex-PMs despite only 49 days in office

Why real banking access scandal goes way beyond Nigel Farage: Kay Polley

There are concerns at least 41 hospital buildings, owned by 23 trust, are at risk of collapsing as they contain a lightweight building mater known as reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).

NHS hospitals forced to close wards due to RAAC concerns

Cordelia Braithwaite as Juliet and Paris Fitzpatrick as Romeo in Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet . Picture: Johan Persson

New Adventures production of Romeo and Juliet heads to Yorkshire

Day two of Leeds Festival 2023 at Bramham Park. PIC: Mark Bickerdike

Sympathy for rural residents in the vicinity of Leeds Festival - Sarah Todd

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan with clean air campaigners in Catford, south east London, on the first day of the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) to include the whole of London.

Only one in four people back ULEZ in their area, polling suggests

Theresa Villiers, the former environment secretary, is among some 100 MPs which have backed the move.

Tory MPs call on supermarkets to introduce a 'Buy British' section online

England’s Alessia Russo during a press conference at The Clan in Terrigal, Australia. Photo credit: Zac Goodwin/PA Wire.

World Cup Final: Authorities urged to 'turn a blind eye' to pubs opening early

The Conservative candidate in next year’s inaugural North Yorkshire mayoral election, Keane Duncan. PIC: Simon Hulme

The Tories need to show that they still care about North Yorkshire - Andrew Vine

MPs are warning the Government to do more to tackle the increase in smart devices being used in domestic abuse cases

MPs warn of baby monitors and smart speakers enabling domestic abuse

A view of the cooling towers of the Drax coal-fired power station near Selby

Drax set to be probed by MPs over subsidy profiteering allegations

Police near Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's house in Richmond, North Yorkshire after Greenpeace activists climbed onto it's roof and covered it in black fabric. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Greenpeace protests at Rishi Sunak’s home cross the line - The YP says

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn came under crticism for his response to the Russian poisonings.

Criticism of Corbyn’s response to Russian poisonings misplaced - YP Letters

John Grogan, co-chair of One Yorkshire, pictured at the Cow and Calf in Ilkley. PIC: Tony Johnson.

The next Parliament should revive the Yorkshire Grand Committee - John Grogan

Catterick Garrison

Former soldier challenges Rishi Sunak over evictions from military homes

PACAC Chair William Wragg said: “The lack of consistency in relation to relocating Civil Service jobs reveals a vagueness at the heart of a key plank of the Government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda."

Plans to move civil servants out of London lack detail, MPs warn

Newly elected Labour MP Keir Mather (centre) with Labour’s shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting (right) and deputy leader, Angela Rayner (back left) at Selby football club, North Yorkshire, after winning the Selby and Ainsty by-election. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Tories have a problem convincing the North that they are listening - Andrew Vine

House of Commons Treasury Committee's report said: "Venture capital firms are dominated overwhelmingly by white men, and the recipients of venture capital funding are even more unrepresentative of the wider UK population in terms of gender and ethnicity." (Photo of the Houses of Parliament supplied by PA)

MPs raise concerns over regional inequality in venture capital funding

Sheffield Clean Air Zone came into force on February 27

ULEZ-style zones in Yorkshire could harm Labour in region, Tories warn

Keir Mather. Credit: Getty

Johnny Mercer launches attack on Keir Mather - what was said

Labour are seeking to overturn the Conservative stronghold, which if successful would usher in the UK's youngest MP.

Selby and Ainsty by-election: Polls close in close race

Conservative MPs including former prime minister Liz Truss are set to launch another attempt to overturn the de facto ban on onshore wind farms after the summer recess.

Liz Truss joins Tory rebels aiming to overturn onshore wind ban

File photo dated 08/07/02 of a generic view of a wind farm as local communities will have the final say in bids to build large scale onshore wind farms under plans set out in the Queen's Speech. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday May 27, 2015. See PA story POLITICS Speech Energy. Photo credit should read: Ben Curtis/PA Wire

Tory MPs urged to force through onshore wind changes

A generic view of a wind farm. PIC: Ben Curtis/PA Wire

Onshore wind needs to be part of the renewable energy mix - The YP says

Keane Duncan

Conservatives pick candidate to stand in North Yorkshire mayor election