by Leah Massingham | Nov 26, 2025 | Budget 2025: IN FOCUS, East Riding of Yorkshire, Health, In Focus, North Yorkshire, Politics, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
The government will announce its Budget today, setting out how it plans to raise and spend public money over the next year. Although the statement takes place in Westminster, the decisions made will have a direct effect on services, jobs and daily life across...
by James Cain | Nov 20, 2025 | In Focus, In Focus Top Story, Leeds, North Yorkshire, Politics
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...
by James Cain | Nov 13, 2025 | Crime, In Focus, In Focus Top Story, Politics
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,...
by James Cain | Nov 6, 2025 | In Focus, In Focus Top Story, Politics, South Yorkshire
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...
by James Cain | Nov 4, 2025 | In Focus, In Focus Top Story, Leeds, Politics, West Yorkshire
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 (Credit: JMA Photography via Wikimedia Commons) West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin is attending the C40...
by James Cain | Oct 31, 2025 | In Focus, In Focus Top Story, Politics, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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...
