Tracy Brabin

Picture James Hardisty.

Passengers back plan to bring West Yorkshire buses under public control

Leeds has won the bid to remain the host of the annual real estate forum UKREiiF after fighting off competition from Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool. Picture: InaHarrisPhotography

Real estate forum UKREiiF to remain in Yorkshire after search for new host city

'The elderly and non-drivers of Stocksmoor, Thunderbridge and Thurstonland have been having to pay around £30 for a round trip by taxi to visit their GP surgery about three miles away at Kirkburton'. PIC: Bruce Rollinson

Villages are being let down by poor public transport - YP Letters

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has criticised Kirklees Council. Photo credit: Leon Neal/PA Wire

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declares Yorkshire council 'not fit for purpose'

Former chief adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings leaves the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

The Covid inquiry shows why we’re a dysfunctional country - David Behrens

A generic image of a young boy gaming. PIC: Alamy/PA.

Video games industry can look forward to levelling up - Jamie Sefton

Mayor Tracy Brabin with deputy Allison Lowe and the five council leaders from West Yorkshire\'s local authorities.

Mayor Tracy Brabin: West Yorkshire needs “high quality hotels”

Mandy Ridyard (left) with West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin.

Tracy Brabin's new business advisor hopes to make region top choice for firms

Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin at a meeting of the Transport for the North Board in 2021. PIC:PA

How mass transit would turbocharge West Yorkshire’s economy - Tracy Brabin

A bus in Leeds city centre

Bus operators push back against plan to bring services under public control

Zero emission buses near Millennium Square in Leeds. PIC: James Hardisty

Alternative to franchising bus services would see cheaper - Andrew Cullen

Mass Transit artists' impression

Rishi Sunak calling West Yorkshire mass transit 'Leeds tram' is 'annoying'

West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin wants to bring buses back under public control from 2027

Cost of bringing buses back under public control in West Yorkshire revealed

A strong rise has been seen in both the performance and confidence of Yorkshire businesses, new data from the West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce has found. Picture: Simon Hulme

Business confidence increases across West and North Yorkshire

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during the final day of the Conservative Party Conference

Rishi Sunak promises new ‘Network North’ after scrapping northern leg of HS2

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks to his hotel on the first day of the Conservative Part Conference in Manchester

Sunak told Leeds needs to 'see the money' after his transport claims

West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin is looking to bring buses back under public control

Plans to bring buses back under public control take major step forward

Labour mayors (left to right) Andy Burnham, Tracy Brabin, Sadiq Khan, Steve Rotheram and Oliver Coppard gather at Arcadis in Leeds, to make a unified plea to the Prime Minister not to scale back HS2 any further.

HS2: Sunak told scrapping northern leg would be 'final nail in the coffin'

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson, during a visit to a school in Dagenham. PIC: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

What alternative is Sir Keir Starmer actually offering? - David Behrens

First Bus is calling on West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin to abandon her plans to bring buses under public control. Picture: Steve Reid

Bus operators call on mayor to abandon plans to bring buses under public control

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh

Labour ministers back HS2 to Leeds amid uncertainty over inclusion in manifesto
Delivering HS2 trains to Leeds may not be a Labour manifesto commitment, despite senior shadow ministers insisting that it is “committed” to delivering the rail project.

Leeds aerial shot. Credit Benjamin Elliot/Unsplash

Leeds Council ruled out introducing London-style ultra-low emission zone

Shantona turns 25

Huge turnout at star-studded event as Yorkshire charity turns 25

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (right), former Prime Minister Gordon Brown (left) and Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, at Nexus, University of Leeds, in Yorkshire. PIC: PA

Labour needs to pledge a mass transit network in its manifesto - The YP says

The Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin during her visit to the MSI Reproductive Choices' Leeds clinic with Alison Lowe OBE, West Yorkshire Deputy Mayor fro Policng and Crime, speaking to member of staff Amanda at the clinic.
7 November 2022. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Tracy Brabin tells Labour a major transport project 'must be in your manifesto'

First Group lost the contract to run TransPennine Express services in May

Government stepped in to end rail ‘misery' because it was ‘embarrassed’

The Great Northern Conference 2023 - Bradford City Hall, Bradford, England - Metro Mayors Andy Burnham, Oliver Coppard and Tracy Brabin at the Metro Mayor Debate. PIcture: Allan McKenzie/AMGP.co.uk

Northern mayors want region prioritised for Labour's £28bn green investment

The Brownfield Housing Fund was allocated to West Yorkshire as part of its devolution deal. It allows West Yorkshire Combined Authority to provide grants to developers to build housing on long vacant brownfield sites in areas where “market failure” has meant few are willing to invest.

£89m housing fund 'disproportionately' benefitting Leeds

Bus Minister Richard Holden

Bus Minister says bringing services back under public control is 'not a panacea'

An artist's impression of Sky Gardens, which will be built on the site of Midland Mills in Leeds

Developers building hundreds of homes in Leeds ask for £7m of taxpayer support

Latimer’s Kirkstall Road development has taken a step forward with the installation of a new 56-metre-long pedestrian bridge.

Major residential scheme of 1,620 new homes takes a significant step forward

Nine new members have joined the West Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership Board, Mayor Tracy Brabin has announced.

Nine industry leaders appointed to West Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership
Nine leading West Yorkshire businesspeople are set to join the West Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Board, Mayor Tracy Brabin has announced.

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A steam train passing through Cross Gates station heading towards York. PIC: Bob Lawrence

Closing the ticket office at Cross Gates makes no sense whatsoever - YP Letters

A Northern Rail train at Dewsbury Train Station.

Proposal to shut ticket offices is nothing short of vandalism - Tracy Brabin

“We are just excluding disabled passengers from travelling," said Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin.

Yorkshire mayors set to legally challenge ticket office closures

Mayor Tracy Brabin: Wetherby omission on mass transit map “an error”

Mayor Tracy Brabin: Wetherby omission on mass transit map “an error”

A view of outside Leeds City Station and the Platform Building looking along Bishopgate. PIC: Tony Johnson

Region needs its own tram network to boost economic growth - Jessica Bowles

Political leaders on West Yorkshire Combined Authority agreed to hand £3.8m to struggling operators, to help them protect services, during a meeting in Leeds. The money will be taken from a £70m grant, which West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin was planning to spend on an ambitious strategy to make services more frequent, more affordable and more reliable.

£3.8m deal to support struggling bus services

The Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin.

West Yorkshire businesses to get access to new fund to combat climate change

“I think I have my own identity, but it doesn't concern me at all that a big part of that identity is being Jo’s sister.”

Labour embracing 'Yorkshire principles' in dropping key spending pledges

PEXA Group CEO Glenn King is pictured with Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin

Global technology company PEXA to establish new UK headquarters in Leeds

The mass transit plans were launched at an event in the Leeds Corn Exchange on Friday morning, an event attended by West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin, and the leaders of all five West Yorkshire councils.

'Once in a lifetime' mass transit system plans for West Yorkshire

Tracy Brabin will chair the new body if it comes into being.

Tracy Brabin leading bid to establish new West Yorkshire tourism body

Tracy Brabin during a 'Making Britain Work For Scotland' rally organised by Our Scottish Future at Central Hall in Edinburgh.

Tracy Brabin leading bid to establish new West Yorkshire tourism body

Former West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s HQ building could be transformed into city centre apartments

Former West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s HQ could become apartments

Price of using Leeds’ new e-bike scheme will be “less than a cup of coffee”

Price of using Leeds’ new e-bike scheme will be “less than a cup of coffee”

'Alison Lowe OBE is West Yorkshire’s deputy mayor for Policing and Crime'. PIC: Bruce Rollinson

Link between violent crime and austerity is clear - Alison Lowe

Tracy Brabin is pictured at the Tetley, Leeds in 2022. Picture: Simon Hulme

Tracy Brabin to hire new mayoral business advisor as LEP chair steps down

Leeds-based data consultancy Oakland Group is supporting its growth plans with a move to a new headquarters in the city centre.

Leeds data firm Oakland Group moves to new city centre offices

Rail services previously run by TransPennine Express have been taken into Government control. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

TransPennine rail services yet to reach their nadir: The Yorkshire Post says

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like.

HS2: New plans to get high-speed trains to Leeds being explored

Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin.

Tracy Brabin says buses could be brought under public control in four years

Steven Foster is the Centre Director for the Trinity Leeds and White Rose Shopping Centre

How to create a successful city for the future - Steven Foster

Batley and Spen MP Kim Leadbeater.

Kim Leadbeater: Yorkshire MP seeks to represent new seat in next election

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

We need powers to deliver more affordable homes - Tracy Brabin

Thousands of people have come to Leeds for UKREiiF 2023.

UKREiiF in Leeds: Three-day event to be worth millions to city's economy

Tracy Brabin and Peter Denton signed the deal in Leeds today. Picture: Gerard Binks

UKREiiF Leeds 2023: Tracy Brabin signs major affordable homes partnership

Left to right: Jonathan O’Neill, senior director at McAleer & Rushe, Angus Monteith, development director at MRP, Eamonn Laverty, group chief executive at McAleer & Rushe and Seamus McAleer, founder and chairman of McAleer & Rushe. Picture by Giles Rocholl.

Celebration as final beam placed in landmark City Square House development

The train operator will not have its contract renewed due to “months of continuous cancellations”, the transport secretary said

Train operator to be brought under government control