A major consultation exercise with members has been launched by the Yorkshire Party leadership on four key areas of proposed policy. All fee-paying members of the pro-devolution party have received personal e-mails from Policy Director Chris Gauton, inviting them to contribute to the debate on the Party’s stance on education, […]
Monthly archives: September 2018
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The failures by the Government and the rail industry – highlighted in a “damning” report into the months of chaos on Yorkshire’s trains – has been condemned by Yorkshire Party Leader Stewart Arnold. National and regional papers and broadcast media recorded the criticism by the regulator, the Office of […]
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 […]