Chris Whitwood has joined calls to end cuts in police funding and for zero tolerance to anti-social behaviour after witnessing a violent melee outside a Doncaster pub. The Yorkshire Party Deputy Leader saw a brawl and vandalism outside The Plough pub in Doncaster in the run-up to Christmas. Video footage […]
Monthly archives: December 2018
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Under a ‘Speak Out’ banner, Huddersfield member Bikatshi Katenga will be writing some personal commentary pieces for the website from a Yorkshire or a Yorkshire Party perspective. Her views are her own and do not necessarily reflect official Party policy. The mother-of-three is a graduate in broadcast journalism. She stood […]
East Yorkshire homelessness campaigner Andy Walker has denounced the official statistics that underplay the number of people living on the streets. And Bridlington member Andy points out that behind the shocking data are real people. Andy, who has worked in computing and data for 40 years, says that officially the […]
The Yorkshire Party has called for 23,000 houses to be built in the county each year – almost doubling the present number – as part of its policy to tackle homelessness. At least 8,000 homes should be available at social rents, it says. And it wants rough sleeping to be […]
The Hull hotel that cancelled a booking by for 28 homeless people, has been condemned by the Yorkshire Party. The BBC reported that the group had been due to stay at the Royal Hotel but the booking was then cancelled, prompting an outcry. The hotel later said it had been […]
Yorkshire Party Leader Stewart Arnold has challenged a Yorkshire MP’s view of the proposed Brexit deal. Stewart tackled Conservative Alec Sherbrooke, in a letter to The Yorkshire Post. In it, he says: “Alec Sherbrooke MP is wrong – the proposed Brexit deal would have done nothing for Yorkshire (The Yorkshire […]
A £1.4 billion bail-out of London’s long-delayed Crossrail scheme has outraged the Yorkshire Party, which is demanding a fair share of the nation’s resources for the county. The £15bn Elizabeth Line had been due to open this month, now no date has been announced. The rescue plan – the third […]
Council cuts to youth services are linked to the rise in the number of homeless youngsters on Yorkshire’s streets in a new report. The report, by Foundation Yorkshire, a think-tank, suggests local authority spending cuts of almost £250, 000 are contributing factor to the rise in homelessness across the county. […]
Yorkshire Party Deputy Leader Chris Whitwood has welcomed a boost for Doncaster’s town centre shops with a free parking scheme over Christmas. Chris, who made increasing town centre footfall a key part of his by-election campaign in Town Ward this spring, said the Yorkshire Party had a detailed strategy to […]
Stewart Arnold Picture: Robbie MacDonald Leader Stewart Arnold has written to broadcasters to urge them to include the Yorkshire Party in any televised regional debate on Brexit. In letters to the BBC and ITV, Stewart says: “As you’ll know, after this year’s elections for the Sheffield City […]
Let’s give 16 and 17 year-olds the vote, Yorkshire Party Leader Stewart Arnold told sixth-formers at a York school. Stewart was speaking to 300 students at a “Question Time” session organised by Huntington School, York. The hour-long political debate was attended by the main parties and included Julian Sturdy, MP […]
Yorkshire’s political leaders have snubbed the Yorkshire Party’s attempt to build consensus support for its Pledge as part of the wider devolution campaign. Party Leader Stewart Arnold wrote to all the county’s 51 MPs, its six MEPs and council leaders whose authorities had not publicly backed One Yorkshire, to urge […]
Image: Hogweard The Yorkshire Party leadership has attacked the Brexit proposals as “a disaster” and has thrown the Party’s weight behind opposing Theresa May’s deal. The Party’s Executive Committee has issued a detailed statement, which asks: “Where is the certainty that Yorkshire’s businesses asked for?” Chris Whitwood, the Party’s […]