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
York Conservative led Council secure £224,000 funding boost for York Central 30th March 2017 The Conservative led City of York Council has been awarded almost a quarter of a million pounds from the Government to help speed up the redevelopment of the... Local News
New partnership to help the hard-to-reach access training and work 30th March 2017 The York Conservative led City of York Council has helped secured £7.4m of funding for the community and voluntary sector over the next three years which is... Local News
£250,000 to be invested in improving City of York Council Homes 27th March 2017 The York Conservative-led City of York Council has secured a government grant of £250,000 to improve council homes in The Groves. The investment project will... Local News
York Conservatives call for WWI Centenary Preparations 27th March 2017 York’s Conservative group will ask the Council Leader and Deputy Leader to put together a working group to prepare a commemorative programme for next year’s... Local News
Conservative Motion Seeks Effective Regulation of ‘Chuggers’ and ‘Gag Mag’ Sellers 22nd March 2017 York’s Conservative Group will put forward a motion at next week’s meeting of Full Council seeking a way forward to allow the city to regulate the aggressive... Local News
Major Schools Investment in Micklegate 17th March 2017 More of York’s children will get places at some of the county’s top performing schools thanks to new education investments. After consultation with parents... Local News
Plans for a New Library for Haxby & Wigginton 15th March 2017 The York Conservative-led Council has approved plans invest £500,000 towards funding a new library at Haxby Memorial Hall. The plans were approved at the... Local News
Extra Places at Scarcroft Primary School 13th March 2017 This week’s meeting of York’s Conservative-led Executive will decide on a proposal to create 15 new places each year at Scarcroft Primary School in order to... Local News
York Conservatives secure the future for the Guildhall 13th March 2017 On Thursday 16th March the Conservative-led council executive will be asked to approve the final business case for the development of the Guildhall complex. The... Local News
Why we're ending Automatic Early Release for violent & sexual offenders 1st October 2019 The worst offenders should serve most of their sentence in prison. They should not be released after serving just half of their sentence automatically. National News
We’re signing the Armed Forces Covenant 1st October 2019 Veterans risked their lives for our country to keep us safe and protect the values we hold so dear. The Conservative Party stands behind our Armed Forces. National News
Why we’re implementing Magnitsky’s Law 1st October 2019 Once we have left the EU we will implement the ‘Magnitsky’ provisions of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018. That way, those responsible for human... National News
Our gigabit rural broadband plan for the UK 1st October 2019 Investment in rural broadband is vital. Broadband is not just essential for businesses across the United Kingdom, but it also makes areas more attractive places... National News
Our spending boost to tackle adult mental illness 1st October 2019 Provision of community services for people with serious mental illness has historically not been a focus of mental health reforms. National News
How we’re planning to invest in our communities 30th September 2019 Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, has set out major new plans for investment alongside further measures to tackle the housing crisis. National News