Shabir Pandor

Kirklees Council needs to cut costs

Key talks set to take place as Yorkshire council tries to avoid £50m deficit

Huddersfield Town Hall, where Kirklees Council is based

Council facing deficit of almost £50m attempts to stave off bankruptcy

Huddersfield Town Hall, where Kirklees Council is based

Kirklees Council staff consider strike to protest against redundancies

Huddersfield Town Hall, where Kirklees Council is based

Yorkshire council on the brink of bankruptcy halts 'non essential' spending

Cathedral House, Huddersfield during the vote count for Kirklees Council. Available for use across all LDRS partners.

Kirklees hits financial trouble unless budget can be balanced

Councillor Cathy Scott, Acting Leader of Kirklees Council. Credit: Kirklees Council.

New acting leader of Kirklees Council speaks out

Former Leader of Kirklees Council reflects on time in role following resignation

An artist showcase. Picture by Alejandro Ortiz Unsplas.

'It can lead to a more equal society, a society that has got hope'

Huddersfield town centre has its challenges but culture can help revive it.

Culture at the heart of Huddersfield town centre's revival - Shabir Pandor

Summing up the mood Shabir Pandor said: “We have a clear plan in Kirklees, and that is a plan of recovery. At the same time I believe that this is an indication that the country wants change and we need to start from a grassroots level.”

Local elections 2022: Labour take back Kirklees Council

The George Hotel

'Unviable' George Hotel to be expanded in refurbishment

The council leader spoke out about the issue of Halal meat being served in schools including non-stunned Halal

Your reactions after council leader defends non-stunned Halal meat

An illustrative masterplan of how the proposed Amazon distribution centre near Cleckheaton could look. (Image: ISG Retail Ltd (Bristol)

Campaigners to try Ombudsman after complaint against council leader dismissed

Plans for an Amazon distribution depot in Kirklees are up for debate.

Amazon depot in Kirkless will damage local jobs – Yorkshire Post Letters

Kirklees Council hopes to accelerate the delivery of town centre improvements for Huddersfield, including an urban park.

Kirklees Council to press accelerator on £200m Huddersfield regeneration schemes

Pictured Kim Leadbeater, a campaigner who lives locally and is an ambassador for the Jo Cox Foundation, confirmed last week that she hoped to become Labour’s candidate for Batley & Spen. Photo credit: Gary Longbottom/JPIMedia

Jo Cox's sister with backing from council leader to become MP in Batley & Spen

Antony Gormley, pictured last year with his installation Matrix III at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Photo credit: John Rainford/Getty Images.

Angel of the North artist Anthony Gormley to transform Dewsbury skyline

Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a visit to the Jenner Institute in Oxford, where toured the laboratory and met scientists who are leading the COVID vaccine research. Photo: PA

PM: Second lockdown is 'last thing anybody wants'

Parts of Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees are no longer under lockdown restrictions.

Lockdown restrictions lifted in parts of West Yorkshire

Matt Hancock made the announcement today. Photo: JPI Media

Local lockdowns to be lifted in parts of West Yorkshire

Matt Hancock made the announcement today. Photo: JPI Media

Local lockdowns to be lifted in parts of West Yorkshire
Coronavirus restrictions in West Yorkshire will be lifted in a select number of council wards from next Wednesday after Tory MPs succeeded in their bid for a more localised approach to the measures.

A Covid-19 testing centre at Bradford University in West Yorkshire, one of the areas where new measures have been implemented to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Stricter rules have been introduced for people in Greater Manchester, parts of East Lancashire, and West Yorkshire, banning members of different households from meeting each other indoors. Photo: PA

No changes to coronavirus restrictions in West Yorkshire, Government announces

As of 12am this morning Kirklees was been placed into a second lockdown.

'We deserve answers': Kirklees Council statement as borough descends into second...

The George Hotel, Huddersfield (RFL)

Huddersfield's George Hotel announced as venue for National Rugby League Museum

West Yorkshire council leaders with Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Simon Clarke, a Communities Minister, at the signing of the area's devolution deal following March's Budget. Picture: PA Wire

Devolution must not be delayed by coronavirus crisis - West Yorkshire council le...

The George Hotel in Huddersfield

Historic George Hotel in Huddersfield to be turned into museum to rugby league

Kirklees council has agreed to provide this support for all eligible families in the district, afterministers said there were no plans to fund them during the forthcoming holidays. Photo credit: Chris Radburn/PA

Kirklees Council vows to prevent children going hungry in school holidays

The George Hotel in Huddersfield - birthplace of Rugby League in 1895

Huddersfield's George Hotel set to get new lease of life as part of council's £2...

From left to right, Kirklees Council leader Shabir Pandor, Sheffield Council leader Julie Dore, and Calderdale Council leader Tim Swift. Photos: JPI Media

Leaked Labour document warns three Yorkshire councils under threat in 'worst loc...

Riders on the 2019 Tour de Yorkshire fourth stage from Halifax to Leeds.

Tour de Yorkshire 2020 - Welcome to Yorkshire bullish over future of annual race

An artist impression of what some of the 'Cultural Heart' could look like.

How £250m Huddersfield town centre masterplan aims to bring new life to the High...

An artist's impression of how the transformation will take shape in Huddersfield

Radical £250million 10-year masterplan to transform Huddersfield town centre is ...
A ten-year masterplan that could see Huddersfield transformed to the tune of £250m will have culture and leisure at its heart, according to Kirklees Council.

Shabir Pandor

Crunch talks as Kirklees Council fails to elect leader

Volunteers needed to run local library

Volunteers wanted to save libraries council can’t afford to run

Town hall secrets revealed for birthday celebration

Open day to celebrate town hall’s birthday

Council proposes centre for services