@informingbritain.com"CALLS FOR RETHINK ON ROUTE PLAN FOR TRAMS"
Ralph Blackburn for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
Respondents to West Yorkshire mass transit consultations urged a rethink on tram routes, warning the current focus risks reinforcing regional inequalities.
@informingbritain.com"RURAL AREAS 'RISK BEING LEFT BEHIND'"
Ralph Blackburn for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
An APPG report warned that rural communities risk being left behind by Prime Minister Andy Burnham's devolution drive favoring urban regions.
@informingbritain.com"PM TO SEEK TO 'REPAIR BRIDGES' BETWEEN THE US AND UKRAINE"
Ralph Blackburn for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
Andy Burnham vowed to "repair bridges" between US and Ukraine during Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Downing Street visit, following Donald Trump's deal.
@informingbritain.com"HOPES FOR UK FARMING AT TRADE TALKS"
Kit Sandeman for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
Prime Minister Andy Burnham told MPs a new European Union deal worth £10BN annually would significantly improve trading conditions and cut costs for British farmers.
@informingbritain.com"BID FOR 'AI GROWTH ZONE' IS REJECTED"
Grace Hammond for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
North Yorkshire’s bid to become an AI growth zone, billed as an £85bn boost, has been rejected. Drax still plans a Selby Data Centre.
@informingbritain.com"TORIES' VOW OVER INHERITANCDE TAX ON FAMILY HOMES"
Ralph Blackburn for @YorkshirePost.bsky.social
Kemi Badenoch has pledged that nobody will pay Inheritance Tax on a family home.
Calling the next General Election a battle for the soul of the nation.
@informingbritain.com"'REAL CHANCE' TO GET LABOUR TO REVERSE FARMS TAX POLICY"
Ralph Blackburn for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
Victoria Atkins says there is a real chance of forcing a full U-turn on farm Inheritance Tax in the Budget, as she unveils Tory countryside plans.
@informingbritain.com"FEARS AT IMPACT OF TOURIST TAX ON SEASIDE RESORTS"
Ralph Blackburn for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
Politicians and business owners warn that a proposed overnight visitor levy in York and North Yorkshire could harm tourism and local coastal economies.
@informingbritain.com"BURNHAM WANTS TO ALTER PENSIONS TRIPLE LOCK FOR CARE SERVICE"
Ralph Blackburn for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged to alter State Pension Triple Lock from 2030 to fund a national home care service free at point of use.
@informingbritain.com"ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PARK TO BE UK 'BLUEPRINT'"
Ralph Blackburn for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
Chancellor John Healey has pledged to use Rotherham’s Advanced Manufacturing Park as a blueprint for a new age of industrialisation in Britain.
@agittner.bsky.socialHa ha, I nearly said your trophy photo looked like a #yorkshirepost cover. The looking left in profile is a YP. classic 😂
@informingbritain.com"POLICING WORRIES ON MIGRANT CENTRE"
Ralph Blackburn for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
Plans for an Asylum Centre at former Royal Air Force Linton-On-Ouse base would put considerable pressure on police, York and North Yorkshire mayor David Skaith says.
@informingbritain.com"'FARCE' OVER RACE FOR FARMING GRANTS"
Ralph Blackburn for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
Farming groups have hit out after Sustainable Farming Incentive window closed in less than six hours with the £233million fund spent.
@informingbritain.com"CITY CHEMICAL PLANTS MOTHBALLED"
Ralph Blackburn for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
Ineos are mothballing three Hull chemical plants, blaming United Kingdom gas prices 12 times United States levels for destroying manufacturing and risking 4 thousand jobs.
@informingbritain.com"PM URGED TO MEET GRIEVING PARENTS"
Ralph Blackburn for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
Lauren Caulfield called on Andy Burnham to take more interest in Leeds maternity failings and meet grieving parents sooner, after a review of preventable deaths.
@informingbritain.com"CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO BREAST UNIT"
@ReporterRuby.bsky.social for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
Hundreds of women were harmed at County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust's breast unit, prompting calls for a Public Inquiry and an apology from the Chief Executive.
@informingbritain.com"'CLEAR PLAN NEEDED' ON FUTURE OF STEEL FIRM"
@ReporterRuby.bsky.social for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
MPs say a clear plan is needed for nationalised British Steel amid mounting taxpayer costs and uncertainty over the firm’s future.
@informingbritain.com"ASYLUM VILLAGE HAILS PROTEST VOTE"
Alexandra Wood for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
The Oxfordshire village of Piddington voted to become an independent state in protest after nearby plans to house thousands of Asylum Seekers.
@informingbritain.com"NHS TRUST 260 JOBS TO GO IN BID TO SAVE £57M"
Mark Lavery for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is cutting 260 full-time jobs through voluntary redundancies as it tries to save £57 million and clear a £21 million deficit.
@informingbritain.com"PM WARNED 'DO NOT MAKE AN ENEMY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE'"
#ConnieDaley for @YorkshirePost.co.uk
David Cameron and David Blunkett joined Countryside Alliance to warn Prime Minister Andy Burnham not to make an enemy of rural voters.
