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Today Julian Sturdy, MP for York Outer, hosted a debate in Parliament on protecting the affairs and property of missing people (also known as Claudia’s Law). Mr Sturdy has been working closely with the charity Missing People...

The floods now seem some time ago, but we must remember some residents and businesses are still not back in their properties. 

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs has announced today that the Government will make available £45m of additional funding for the upgrading of York’s flood defences.

Julian Sturdy, the MP for York Outer, has today welcomed the Chancellor’s 2016 Budget with potentially transformative funding being announced for flood defences, alongside help for small businesses and our education system. 

Approval of the finalisation and signing of the Community Stadium and Leisure Facility long-term contract will be sought at the next Executive meeting.

Proposals are under development for the need of school places in the Micklegate area through plans to extend Scarcroft Primary School.

As part of the Conservative-led administrations’ bid to become ‘the greenest city in the north’, the March meeting of the council’s ruling Executive Group will look to approve a new city-wide programme designed to create a framework to minimise the wasteful use of natural resources.

The Government highlighted today that flood affected businesses in York can apply to a £5 million fund to advertise that they are open for business.

Yesterday in Parliament the MP for York Outer, Julian Sturdy, raised his concerns over proposals to reduce community pharmacy budgets as part of the Governments plans to deliver £22 billion of efficiency savings in the NHS by 2020.

The CYC Conservative Group, leaders of York’s coalition administration, have criticised opposition groups for their budget amendments prior to Thursday’s budget council meeting, saying that both the Labour and Green groups have taken time-wasting political posturing to new lows.