Conservatives criticise Labour and Lib Dem Ring Road Failures Friday, 17 January, 2025 York’s Conservative councillors have criticised the ongoing failure of the current Labour and previous Lib Dem administration’s to dual the ring road. Last year planning permission was given to dual 4.6 miles of the A1237 and improve roundabouts but it now looks likely that Labour will remove funding for part of the ring road and divert £5 million towards the Station Gateway. Cllr Martin Rowley... Local News
Joint Administration seeks extra funding for York's roads 22nd March 2018 In a recent letter to the Department for Transport (DfT), Cllr Ian Gillies has called on the Government to provide more funding to speed up the series of... Local News
£70m Government housing fund for York a step closer 22nd March 2018 City of York Council has moved a step closer to securing nearly £70m government-funding to assist in providing infrastructure support which will speed up the... Local News
York Outer MP welcomes progress on infrastructure fund bid for York Central and Cliftongate sites 22nd March 2018 Julian has warmly welcomed the announcement from the Secretary of State for Housing, the Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, that the City of York Council’s application to... Local News
York Outer MP to host Haxby Local Plan drop-in meeting 22nd March 2018 Julian will be holding a public local plan drop-in event on Saturday 24th March at Haxby Memorial Hall, from 10am-12noon to discuss the latest Local Plan... Local News
Lights out in York for Earth hour 22nd March 2018 This Saturday evening, landmarks across York and worldwide will take part in the annual Earth Hour initiative to raise awareness of climate change. Joining... Local News
York's buoyant business confidence was noticeable, says Julian Sturdy MP 21st March 2018 Last week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered his first Spring Statement. This is the Government’s opportunity to respond to forecasts from the... Local News
Conservative Motion seeks answers on fly-tipping 21st March 2018 The Conservative motion for this Thursday’s Full Council meeting seeks to build on the city’s recently launched #crime not to care campaign against fly tipping... Local News
First Look at Castle Gateway Masterplan 19th March 2018 Residents have had their first look at how the Castle Gateway area of the city might be developed following an innovative multi-forum consultation which has... Local News
Scarcroft School wins Youth Council's first 'Minding Minds' award 15th March 2018 York Youth Council created its ‘Minding Mind’ award to support and recognise schools which are committed to improving their pupils’ mental health and wellbeing... Local News
Boris Johnson’s speech outside Downing Street 13th December 2019 Boris Johnson delivered his first speech outside No. 10 Downing Street since the General Election. He told the UK how he would form a people’s Government... National News
Enough is enough. Vote Conservative and let’s get it done. 12th December 2019 In his polling day message to voters, the Prime Minister asks the public to vote Conservative. National News
Cost of Corbyn’s Christmas – Corbyn would make your family Christmas cost a third more 11th December 2019 New analysis has revealed that the cost of Christmas across Britain would increase substantially under Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour. National News
The choice tomorrow 11th December 2019 With voting to begin at 7am on Thursday, opinion polls say the election is too close to call - the Conservatives need 9 more seats for a majority, but... National News
Vote on Thursday to break the gridlock 10th December 2019 Two days before polling day, the Prime Minister is taking nothing for granted - whilst the Conservatives only need to gain 9 seats to get an overall majority... National News
Cost of Corbyn: Labour's plans for 108 new taxpayer funded quangos revealed 10th December 2019 New analysis shows that Labour’s manifesto commits to creating over 100 new quangos, with a total cost of £13.2 billion over the next five years. National News
