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 Outer MP signs Book of Commitment ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day 27th January 2017 On Wednesday Julian Sturdy, Member of Parliament for York Outer, signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment at the House of Commons. In doing... Local News
£2.76m funding for 65 new affordable homes secured 9th January 2017 Over £2.76 million funding towards securing 65 new homes in York has been successfully bid for by City of York Council. The 65 homes will be a mix of properties... Local News
Council Executive to Consider Replacing 43km of Dropped Gritting Routes 21st December 2016 The ruling Executive will use its first public meeting of the new year to consider reinstating all of the council’s primary winter gritting routes, which had... Local News
York Outer MP Shows Support in Parliament for Cystic Fibrosis Sufferers 20th December 2016 Julian Sturdy, Member of Parliament for York Outer, recently spoke in a Westminster Hall Debate on Cystic Fibrosis and the implications of the Accelerated... Speeches in Parliament
York Outer MP Welcomes School Funding Progress 15th December 2016 York Outer MP Julian Sturdy described yesterday’s education funding announcement as “a victory for York’s schools”. The Secretary of State for Education made a... Westminster News
Leader David Carr Visits Local Postmen and Women to See the Christmas Rush Firsthand 12th December 2016 Cllr. David Carr visited the York Central Delivery office to see for himself the operation of delivering the Christmas post and to pass on his season’s... Local News
Councillor backs Villagers call for speed reduction 12th December 2016 Strensall ward Conservative Councillor Paul Doughty is giving his full support to a call from local residents to lower the current (third of a mile) 60mph... Local News
Residents to help shape Poppleton Neighbourhood Plan 7th December 2016 Residents of both Upper and Nether Poppleton have the chance to help shape the proposed Neighbourhood Plan for both villages during a consultation period which... Local News
Empty Homes Brought Back into Use through New Partnership 1st December 2016 A new partnership designed to bring houses empty for six months or more back into use is encouraging local property owners to get in touch for free information... Local News
Wash your hands, cover your face, make space: the next steps in our plan for lockdown measures 31st July 2020 Wash your hands, cover your face, make space. These are the next steps in our plan for lockdown measures. National News
Wash your hands, cover your face, make space: the next steps in our plan for lockdown measures 31st July 2020 National News
Police Forces Bolstered Across England and Wales 30th July 2020 We have announced that over 4,300 police officers have joined the police since we launched our major recruitment drive in September 2019. National News
One Year On: Delivering on the people's priorities 24th July 2020 A year ago today the Prime Minister stood on the steps of 10 Downing Street for the first time, and set out his vision for how we would unite and level up... National News
A pay rise for public sector workers 21st July 2020 We’ve announced that almost 900,000 public sector workers, including doctors, teachers and police officers, will see above-inflation pay rises. National News
Meet our new MPs: Jo Gideon, Stoke-on-Trent Central 16th July 2020 Our new MPs represent the future of our Party. Read here to meet Jo Gideon, our new MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central. National News
