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 […]

A Sheffield councillor has called for the introduction of a landlord licensing scheme across the city. A pilot scheme ran in the area around Abbeydale Road, London Road and Chesterfield Road from 2018 until 2023. Minesh Parekh, a Labour councillor for Crookes and Crosspool, said the result of that scheme was ‘staggering’. “It prosecuted a […]

Several cities in Yorkshire have some of the highest levels of deprivation in England, according to new government figures. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government released its Index of Multiple Deprivation today, which looks at living conditions across local government areas. Hull is the 4th-most deprived local authority in England, with 41.7% of […]

A Sheffield councillor has spoken out against the ‘huge rise’ in racism he and his colleagues have faced on social media in recent years. Minesh Parekh, a Labour councillor for Crookes and Crosspool, said he first began to get hateful comments when he stood for election in 2022. “People feel particularly enabled by social media […]