Persistence pays off as deal struck on extended NRM access
City of York Council Labour Group News Release Immediate Release: 9th December, 2024 Persistence pays off…
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Respark Zone close to city centre moves a step closer
City of York Council Labour Group Immediate Release: 9th October 2024 Respark Zone close to…
Proposals put forward for reform of York ResPark scheme
City of York Council Labour Group News Release Immediate Release: 18th September, 2024 Proposals put…
York Film-making in Schools programme a great success
City of York Council Labour Group News Release Immediate Release: 17th September, 2025 Students across York…
Councillors call for fairer deal for York
News Release from City of York Council Labour Group Immediate Release: 16th July, 2024 Councillors…
Councillors seek an end to voter disenfranchisement
Councillors seek an end to voter disenfranchisement The current system for postal voting is not…
Councillor steps down triggering Hull Road ward by-election
Immediate Release: 30th May, 2024 Councillor steps down triggering Hull Road ward by-election Labour Hull…
Council Leader Confirms New Executive
News Release from City of York Council Labour Group Immediate Release: 15th May, 2024 Council Leader…
David Skaith is the new Mayor of York and North Yorkshire
David Skaith was elected Mayor of York and North Yorkshire on Friday 3rd May and…
Clifton History Group
Immediate Release: 16th April, 2024 Scoria Bricks talk for Clifton History Group The history of…
My Vote, My Voice
News Release from City of York Council Labour Group Immediate Release: 20th March, 2024 My Vote,…
Move to make York a trauma-informed city
News Release from City of York Council Labour Group – Immediate Release: 20th March, 2024 Move…
New hope for pharmacy services in Clifton
News Release from City of York Council Labour Group – Immediate Release: 4th March, 2024 New…
Domestic Abuse Strategy – Labour York and North Yorkshire Mayoral Candidate
David Skaith – Labour’s York and North Yorkshire Mayoral Candidate says: “Under the Conservatives, York…
Public meeting on Acomb Front Street next steps
News Release from City of York Council Labour Group Immediate Release: 23rd February, 2024 Public meeting…
Budget passed stabilises council finances
News Release from City of York Council Labour Group – Immediate Release: 23rd February, 2024…
Plans to get York Buzzing
Immediate Release: 21st February, 2024 Changes planned to save money and Get York Buzzing Changes…
Civic Protocols Review
Civic Protocols Review: Executive Member for Finance, Cllr Katie Lomas said: “We think over a…
Cashless Parking Report/ Acomb Front Street
Cashless parking report: Executive Member for Economy and Transport, Cllr Pete Kilbane said: “It’s right…
Short term holiday lets
See comment below following a Government announcement on efforts to control the spread of short…
Upcoming York and North Yorkshire Mayoral Election
Some helpful press from York Labour Council Leader Claire Douglas raising awareness of the coming…
Petition launched following planned closure of last local pharmacy
News Release from City of York Council Labour Group Immediate Release: 31st January, 2024 Petition launched…
Staff savings to be made at all levels
Immediate Release: 17th January, 2024 Staff savings to be made at all levels Labour has…
Access ban reversal effective from tomorrow
Immediate Release: 3rd January, 2024 Access ban reversal effective from tomorrow The Labour council administration’s decision to reverse a ban on Blue…
Pension credit initiative pulls in £26k for residents
Immediate Release: 11th December, 2023 Pension credit initiative pulls in £26k for residents A new initiative aimed at increasing the income of pensioners in the…
Progress in decarbonising York
News Release from City of York Council Labour Group Immediate Release: 7th December, 2023 Multiple funding…
All councillor meetings to discuss neurodiversity
All councillor meeting to discuss neurodiversity A meeting this week will see councillors discuss neurodiversity…
Councillors shine light on York’s mental health challenge
News Release from City of York Council Labour Group Immediate Release: 22nd November, 2023 Councillors…
Autumn Statement Response from City of York Council
Leader of City of York Council, Cllr Claire Douglas, said: “The Chancellor’s reduction in growth forecasts for this year and next are concerning and…
Council Takes Big Step in Free School Meals Promise
PRESS RELEASE The Labour Council administration has taken a major step to delivering on…
Transport Hustings Report from 24th April 2023
By Christopher Copland HUSTINGS HIGHLIGHTS York Civic Trust organised a local election transport hustings on…
Join us in the York Labour Fundraiser for the General Election 2024. The Spirit of…
Council losing focus on residents
Labour will instigate a debate on how the council is responding – or not responding…
Resident views encouraged on riverside improvements
Investment could be made to the riverside path linking Scarborough Bridge with Leeman Road, and…
Fear of gridlock as Lib Dem-Green council plans multiple road closures
Fears have been expressed that ruling Lib Dem and Green councillors’ plans to store up…
Choose targets to improve health of residents, says councillor
A councillor has urged the city’s Health and Wellbeing Board to establish meaningful health targets,…
City’s Economy Committee Chair blocked by ruling Lib Dems from speaking on their Economic Strategy
A meeting tonight to discuss an economic strategy for York will not involve the Chair…
Pension Credit advice taken out to residents in Hull Road ward
A new trial is taking advice on claiming Pension Credit out directly to residents in…
Council must switch position on developer giveaway
Labour has said it’s time for the local council to stop bending to the will…
Pension Credit advice taken out to residents in Hull Road ward
A new trial is taking advice on claiming Pension Credit out directly to residents in…
Action needed to stem loss of family housing
A loss of family housing to the short-term holiday lets market requires a response before…
Equality for Disabled people
Councillors in York will discuss how the council can help to deliver equality for Disabled…
Residents urged to have their say at public meeting
A public meeting next week will be discussing the standard of York’s roads and footpaths,…
HM The Queen
Opposition Labour Group Leader on City of York Council, Cllr Claire Douglas said: “Our thoughts…
Labour highlights inequity in distribution of planning payments
Payments made by developers to the council for public benefit are mired in secrecy, meaning…
Council undercounting street homeless
Labour Councillors have questioned the validity of the way rough sleepers are officially counted in…
Follow Edinburgh’s lead to control short term lets
York should be allowed to follow the lead of Edinburgh and bring in controls on…
A Rough Guide to the Climate Emergency
Three years ago, to loud applause from the public gallery, York City Council unanimously declared…
Labour in talks over under threat bowls club
Labour representatives will meet with New Earswick Indoor Bowling Club next week to discuss its…
Summer school ‘Dream’ thanks to ward funding
Children took centre stage at Joseph Rowntree Theatre’s Summer School last week, thanks to funding…
Labour pushes for York base – should new Mayor role get councils’ backing
A widely anticipated Mayoral Combined Authority for York and North Yorkshire bringing extra powers and…
Councillor fails to justify ‘net zero’ claim
A leading councillor has struggled to back up a public claim made over the past…
Council being seen as ‘soft touch’, after planning rules flouted
The council is increasingly being seen as a soft touch by developers looking to cut…
Solution needed over NRM impasse
The recent decision of York’s Planning Committee to defer a decision over the National Railway Museum’s expansion plans must prompt a more collaborative approach says the council’s main opposition. Labour Group Leader, Cllr Claire Douglas, says the equalities implications of the NRM closing Leeman Road and restricting public access at…
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Residents sign petition for low traffic neighbourhood
A petition will be presented to the council next week seeking investigation of a low traffic neighbourhood for Harcourt Street in Heworth. The street has the benefit of having other roads running off it at each end that provide a convenient, viable alternative for drivers to use, one that would…
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Labour pushes for formal opposition to proposed fire cuts
The council’s main opposition Labour Group is calling for a united response from city councillors in opposing planned cuts to Huntington Fire Station. The county’s Conservative Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC), Zoe Metcalfe, is currently consulting on moves to crew the station with on-call staff rather than a full-time…
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Economic Strategy ignores stark health inequalities
A key council strategy for boosting jobs, pay, and economic growth is completely silent on York’s major health inequalities – even though low incomes and poverty are major causes of ill health and premature deaths, according to the Council’s own statistics. The glaring omission was highlighted at a public meeting…
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Council confirms scaling back of support for holiday hunger
Concerns have been expressed about the extent to which some children will get support to eat in school holidays, as the council launches a new, less generous application-based support system – part way through a school holiday. Previously the council used Government funding during the Covid pandemic to issue free…
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Clifton Youth Club back up and running
A youth club that used to run from the old Burton Stone Community Centre is back up and running on Friday nights in a brand-new venue. Children and young people aged 11 to 18 can now drop in fortnightly to the new community hall at Marjorie Waite Court on Friday…
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Council Leader confirms sacking after poor Ofsted inspections
Labour has welcomed the sacking of the council’s lead councillor for children, after consecutive poor Ofsted inspections of children’s services. Ofsted identified poor service practice around children at risk of harm years ago, before saying those same services has deteriorated when they revisited York. The latest inspection this year confirmed…
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