The Yorkshire Party wants the Government to blow time on education being used as a political football: highlighting that teachers are being dissuaded from the profession by long hours (much of it devoted to meaningless admin), stress from inspections and league tables, and drastic cuts to school budgets. And it […]
Stewart Arnold has written to very Party member to urge them to take part in next month’s Autumn Conference in Hull. The Party Leader sees the Jubilee Hall meeting as a crucial step in helping the Party prepare for its political journey in 2019. “This is set to be one […]
Image; Mysid Yorkshire Party Leader Stewart Arnold has challenged broadcasters to rewrite their rules on party election broadcasts to reflect the growing importance of regional political parties. “The Yorkshire Party can’t get a party election broadcast because we don’t fight enough seats across ENGLAND. Even if we fought every […]
Arnie Craven The Yorkshire Party has a new chairman and is staging its first internal election for places on its leadership team. Arnie Craven has been elected unopposed and takes over from Lucy Brown Arnie, the leader of the Elections Working Group on the Executive Committee, said: “I am thrilled […]
Stewart Arnold Picture: Robbie Macdonald Yorkshire Party Leader Stewart Arnold has been re-elected unopposed and will serve in the role for a further two years. A founder of the party in 2014, Stewart first served as Deputy Leader until the summer of 2016 when he took over […]
The congested well pad at Kirby Misperton Fears of further fracking schemes in the south of Yorkshire are voiced in an update on the controversial energy plans for the county, drafted by East Yorkshire member and fracking campaigner Terry Walls. In a comprehensive assessment of developments in Yorkshire and […]
Jake Berry Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry faces a backlash over his “crass comments” on Yorkshire devolution. The Yorkshire Party has served notice it is to mount its biggest campaign – urging Mr Berry to stop blocking the will of the people or else to resign. The MP for […]
Yorkshire faces a demographic time-bomb that threatens to “rip the heart out” of many towns and villages and distance them further from the region’s thriving cities, The Yorkshire Post newspaper has warned. Its week-long series “A Tale of Two Yorkshires” assessed the consequences of the growing demographic divide between our […]
Fossil fuels should be consigned to the dark ages, says the Yorkshire Party, in a statement on the county’s energy future and the environment. The Party is particularly concerned at the continued reliance on coal and believes Yorkshire needs a comprehensive strategy to adopt greener technology to guarantee the county’s […]