Edited by James Cain (Politics Specialist) and Tom Preston (Business Specialist) 15:00 – End of live coverage We will be pausing 360Wire’s live coverage here. Thanks for following along with us. For more reaction to the Budget, check out our website and social media pages. 14:30 – West Yorkshire mayor responds to Budget 13:57 – […]

Councils in Yorkshire have issued bleak warnings about the current state of their finances. Latest figures found Leeds City Council’s forecast deficit for 2025/26 was up by more than £10million between August and September. North Yorkshire Council has said it could be facing a total deficit of more than £30m by 2028. Dr Jason Lowther, […]

Police and crime commissioners (PCCs) are set to be abolished, the Home Office has announced. There are 41 PCCs in England and Wales, who oversee local police forces and are meant to hold their chief constables to account. 37 of them are individual elected officials, while the rest are part of mayoral offices, as is […]

A charity boss has urged for victims to be put first as the fallout around the government’s grooming gangs inquiry continues. Last month, four survivors – one of whom was from Rotherham – resigned from the consultation panel. The women had raised concerns with the chair selection process and that it is being used as […]

Here’s a rundown of the top politics stories in Leeds this week: West Yorkshire’s net-zero plans to be presented to world leaders West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin is attending the C40 World Mayors Summit in Brazil this week to join the push for bolder climate action. She will be speaking to some of the world’s […]