Chris Whitwood: new Leader Yorkshire Party Leader Stewart Arnold has stepped down after three years at the helm. The Party’s Executive Committee said it wished Stewart well and thanked him for his service. The Executive Committee has appointed Deputy Leader Chris Whitwood as the Party’s new Leader, with Executive Committee […]
Image: Welcome to Yorkshire The Yorkshire Party has called for greater openness and accountability in the county’s tourism agency, following the departure of Sir Gary Verity as chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire. Tim Norman: It cannot be ‘business as usual’ at Welcome to Yorkshire And Tim Norman, Party spokesperson […]
Image: Campaign to Protect Rural England Its report says: “Brownfield land is shown to be a renewable resource that could provide a steady pipeline of new homes” Yorkshire greenbelt is needlessly under siege from housebuilders, says a new report that has investigated the national availability of brownfield land for […]
We’re on course to put out our biggest field of candidates when we finalise the team standing in May’s local election. Executive member Bob Buxton, who is co-ordinating the Party’s election effort, said: “We’ll field more candidates than ever before! “We’re on course to contest about 50 district, town and […]
Our green legacy to Yorkshire’s future generations is at the heart of the Yorkshire Party’s environment policy “A Breath of Fresh Air”, which has been launched today (March 14, 2019). In its introduction, the policy says: “The Yorkshire Party will place a high value on the environmental credentials of every […]
Stewart Arnold: they don’t care about Yorkshire Picture: Robbie MacDonald European elections would give Yorkshire a chance to have its voice heard, says Stewart Arnold, Leader of the Yorkshire Party. Because both London and Brussels don’t care about us –they’re both distant, detached and unsympathetic, says Stewart in a detailed […]
Stewart Arnold has called on the Government to ready the UK to take part in May’s elections for the European Parliament. Responding to the Parliament’s decision to rule out a no-deal Brexit, the Leader of the Yorkshire Party, said: “Tonight (March 13,) Theresa May’s Government and the House of Commons […]
The Yorkshire Party has won international backing for its move condemning the Government for policies that have raised the level of poverty in the UK. Party Deputy Leader, Chris Whitwood, received unanimous support from the European Free Alliance’s General Assembly, on regional inequality and poverty in the UK The Yorkshire […]
Yorkshire Party leader, Stewart Arnold, spoke after the One Yorkshire Devolution conference held in Leeds on Friday (March 8, 2019) organised by ResPublica, the independent think-tank. The conference heard from a wide range of speakers representing different political parties, local government, business, trade unions and civil society along with […]