Leeds-Bradford airport Picture: Michael Taylor Mtaylor848 The controversial plan for a big access road scheme to Leeds-Bradford airport is proving unpopular with residents, according to our local candidates in the forthcoming local elections. Bob Buxton, Executive Committee member, is standing for Guiseley and Rawdon in the […]
Monthly archives: March 2019
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Chris Whitwood: Yorkshire has been neglected The Yorkshire Party has drawn up a provisional list of candidates should European elections go ahead at the end of May. Party Leader Chris Whitwood, who heads the team, explained continued Brexit deadlock had forced the step. “We continue to make our preparations in […]
Richard Carter: Chris’s commitment is unwavering The Yorkshire Party’s founder says new Leader Chris Whitwood has the drive and determination to push the Party on to its next stage Richard Carter, the first Leader and President of the Yorkshire Party, has thrown his weight behind Chris’s focus. Richard, who […]
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 […]
Leeds Station suffers delays to work to extend platforms Picture: Tejvan Pettinger on Flickr The latest blow to long suffering Yorkshire rail passengers has been condemned by the Yorkshire Party. Train operator Northern’s six-carriage long services in and out of Leeds station have been delayed by two years, says […]
Failure to tackle air pollution in Yorkshire is precipitating a public health crisis and poses an imminent risk to the health and lives of people in Yorkshire, a new report reveals. The report by the Foundation Yorkshire think-tank draws on analysis of nitrogen dioxide pollution published last week in a […]
A poster used in a week-long awareness campaign in 2018 by the West Yorkshire Police The Yorkshire Party has called for greater support for police officers in dealing with knife crime and action on the underlying causes of the problem that has claimed more teenage lives. Knife crime […]
Tim Norman: money would not go anywhere to restoring services that have been slashed The Government’s attempts to sway Labour MPs to back Theresa May’s Brexit deal with an offer of £1.6bn has been denounced by the Yorkshire Party. The prime minister’s £1.6bn Stronger Towns Fund, much of it […]
Yorkshire Party Leader Stewart Arnold has highlighted the importance of “missing rail links” in the county. In a letter congratulating the group working for restoration of the 12-mile route from Colne to Skipton, Stewart points out that devolution would allow Yorkshire the powers to work on similar locally and strategically […]
Image: Friends of the Earth Yorkshire is topping the listed for the worst air pollution outside London, according to a study by the environmental group Friends of the Earth. It says five of the top 10 pollution hot-spots in England (outside London) are in Yorkshire (including all of the top […]