The lack of progress on developing local inquiries into child sexual exploitation (CSE) is simply not acceptable.
The call from a cross-party coalition of councils, including Bradford and Kirklees, for urgent action from the next government on the funding crisis cannot go unheeded.
The closer we edge to a General Election and the more the region hears from the Labour Party, the more questionable it is that the Opposition has the appetite to deliver transformational change for Yorkshire.
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