The Yorkshire Party has announced its policy response to the floods that have devastated communities across the North of England and is calling upon the government to take action. The party, which will be fielding a record number of candidates in Yorkshire in the upcoming general election, criticised the Government's failure […]
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The Yorkshire Party will hold its Autumn conference in Wakefield. The main event will be on Saturday October 12 at Wakefield College and will include speakers from UK organisations and pro-devolution movements from across Europe. The Party’s decision to hold its conference in Wakefield follows its best performance in the […]
Members are being urged to nominate candidates for the broad leadership of the Party in an election that will see eight Executive Committee posts filled. The poll will choose five Executive members to serve two-year terms until October 2021, and three to serve a year, to fill vacant positions until […]
Chris Whitwood has been elected as leader of the Yorkshire Party. Chris, who took on the leadership pending an election after Stewart Arnold gave up the post, received 84% of the vote – well ahead of rival Jack Bannan, the Party’s Communications Director. He will serve for two years and, […]
Boris Johnson has pledged to fund a new high-speed rail route between Leeds and Manchester. The BBC and other media reported that the Prime Minister used a speech in Manchester (July 27, 2019) to back the trans-Pennine link to “turbo-charge” the region’s economy. The 36-mile route would cut journey time […]
The new Minister who will decide the Government’s stance on regional devolution has received an early reminder that Yorkshire’s ambitions should be high up his agenda. Yorkshire Party Leader Chris Whitwood has welcomed the incoming Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick and urged him to back the One Yorkshire plan, which has […]
Any members who have not yet voted in the Party’s leadership election have just a few more days in which to register their choice. Voting closes at 23.59 on Sunday July 28. The two candidates are Chris Whitwood and Jack Bannan: Chris is the incumbent, having taken on the leadership, pending this […]
Pressure continues to mount in support of One Yorkshire devolution. A One Yorkshire Group set up by John Grogan, the Labour MP for Keighley and Ilkley, met in York and was attended by Yorkshire Party Councillor Mike Jordan. The session followed a regular meeting of Yorkshire council leaders to co-ordinate […]
Voting has opened in the contest to be the new Leader of the Yorkshire Party. Deputy Chairman Matt Clover, who is running the poll, has written to all members eligible to vote to explain the procedure and send their unique voting identification codes. “The voting period will run until 23.59 […]
The Party has appealed directly to members to help raise resources to help fight council seats. The move initiated by Deputy Leader Laura Walker comes after candidate Paul Walker came third in the East Riding of Yorkshire by-election for Bridlington North ward. Paul notched up a creditable 349 votes, behind […]
The Yorkshire Party has joined the call for Northern Rail to lose its franchise after another delay in scrapping antiquated Pacer trains in the region. Alex Sobel, the Leeds North West MP has argued that Northern Rail should be stripped of its rail franchise Pacers were due to be taken […]
Present Yorkshire Party Leader Chris Whitwood and the Party’s Communications Director Jack Bannan are to stand in the election to pick the Party’s next Leader. Later this month, members will choose between them, after Deputy Chairman Matt Clover, who is the Returning Officer running the process, declared them as candidates […]
The Yorkshire Party has condemned a move by rail chiefs to hamper disabled access to Hull’s Paragon train station Bosses at the station have announced plans to close an entrance that, for many disabled people, is their only accessible route. This decision doesn’t only affect people living locally but the […]
Yorkshire Party Councillor Dave Brook has kept his promise to voters to stand up to for them and has helped to defeat a housing plan for a playground in their village Four weeks ago Selby District Council advised it was submitting a proposal for a development of 12 houses on […]
The Yorkshire fishing industry is on the edge of an abyss amid the Brexit uncertainty, warns the Yorkshire Party’s Business Spokesperson Tim Norman. And Tim, who represents coastal Bridlington on East Riding of Yorkshire Council, urged MPs to stand up for the inshore and deep-water fishing fleets. “If there is […]
The Yorkshire Party’s increasing importance in guiding the county towards a clean energy future, has been underlined by its role in a national event focusing on solar energy. Party Leader Chris Whitwood and Environment Spokesperson Andy Walker were invited to a Parliamentary reception on the future of the technology The […]
Local businessman Paul Walker is planning to make further Yorkshire Party’s inroads in East Yorkshire by standing as a candidate in the Bridlington North by-election, next month. In the May local elections, Bridlington candidates Tim Norman and Andy Walker started to shake-up local politics when they won in the Bridlington […]
Yorkshire Party Business Spokesperson Tim Norman has welcomed a report that Yorkshire is among the most successful regions in attracting fledgling businesses. But he also criticised the lack of Government investment for continuing to hold back the county’s economy. The recent report highlighted that Yorkshire was the fourth most prolific […]