Staff savings to be made at all levels 17 Jan 2024 Immediate Release: 17th January, 2024 Staff savings to be made at all levels Labour has…
Council Takes Big Step in Free School Meals Promise 24 Oct 2023 PRESS RELEASE The Labour Council administration has taken a major step to delivering on…
HM The Queen 08 Sep 2022 Opposition Labour Group Leader on City of York Council, Cllr Claire Douglas said: “Our thoughts…
Council being seen as ‘soft touch’, after planning rules flouted 21 Jul 2022 The council is increasingly being seen as a soft touch by developers looking to cut…
Solution needed over NRM impasse 20 Jul 2022 The recent decision of York’s Planning Committee to defer a decision over the National Railway…
Residents sign petition for low traffic neighbourhood 06 Jul 2022 A petition will be presented to the council next week seeking investigation of a low…
Labour pushes for formal opposition to proposed fire cuts 05 Jul 2022 The council’s main opposition Labour Group is calling for a united response from city councillors…
Economic Strategy ignores stark health inequalities 29 Jun 2022 A key council strategy for boosting jobs, pay, and economic growth is completely silent on…
Council confirms scaling back of support for holiday hunger 08 Jun 2022 Concerns have been expressed about the extent to which some children will get support to…
Clifton Youth Club back up and running 08 Jun 2022 A youth club that used to run from the old Burton Stone Community Centre is…
Council Leader confirms sacking after poor Ofsted inspections 23 May 2022 Labour has welcomed the sacking of the council’s lead councillor for children, after consecutive poor…
Councillors to write to Government on need for holiday hunger funding 20 May 2022 Councillors are to write to Government seeking a longer term solution to the problem of…
Plans ‘called in’ over loss of community space 18 May 2022 Plans to turn a dance studio and boxing club into nine apartments will be decided…
Footfall recovering, but picture more mixed on post-Covid spending 17 May 2022 York is in the top ten of cities in the country for footfall recovery, indicating…
Costs of maintaining disabled access ban confirmed, as safety gaps exposed 13 May 2022 The council’s ban on disabled blue badge holder access to York city centre is continuing…
Questions over future of York Local Plan after Parish Council seeks its withdrawal 13 May 2022 Fresh doubts have surfaced about the council’s approach to getting a Local Plan adopted, after…
York council services still failing local children 04 May 2022 York’s Children’s Services have been judged as requiring improvement, according to the national inspectorate, Ofsted.…
Labour elects Claire Douglas to lead party into Office 03 May 2022 The council’s main opposition Labour Group has elected Cllr Claire Douglas to be its new…
Ruling Lib Dem councillor cancels committee attendance for THIRD time running 28 Apr 2022 A ruling Lib Dem councillor has cancelled her attendance at a scrutiny committee for the…
Labour commits to reversing access ban 19 Apr 2022 North Yorkshire Police has confirmed there was no specific terrorism threat to York despite the…
Council to break own policy on unadopted private road repair 12 Apr 2022 The council’s policy of not maintaining private roads in the city is to be ignored…
Labour welcomes changing places funding 05 Apr 2022 Labour has welcomed Government funding for York to improve accessible toilets in the city, under…
City Centre Access Statement 05 Apr 2022 The council’s main opposition Labour Group reaffirms its opposition to the ruling Lib Dem-Green Council’s…
York Council and Government do deal to tackle education budget deficit 30 Mar 2022 City of York Council has agreed to a deal with the Conservative Government to make…
Democracy in chaos at York council 24 Mar 2022 Tonight’s meeting of all city councillors in York has been dramatically cancelled with less than…
Lib Dems threaten Covid attendances at key meeting 23 Mar 2022 Labour has condemned a decision to move a crucial meeting to take place online after…
Big increase in fuel poverty without action, say Labour 22 Mar 2022 The numbers of York households falling into fuel poverty will only accelerate unless significant action…
Labour shines light on shameful ‘fire and rehire’ practice 22 Mar 2022 Labour councillors on City of York Council have initiated a council debate on the practice…
Human Rights City silent on Ukraine 01 Mar 2022 The absence of a functioning Human Rights Board for the city has led to a…
Labour submits alternative budget 16 Feb 2022 The council’s Main Opposition Labour Group has submitted its proposed council budget for 2022-23. It…
Bill continues to mount for Leader’s ejection of Chief Exec 14 Feb 2022 It has been revealed that City of York Council spent £45,000 of local taxpayers’ money…
Double no-show from ruling Lib Dem councillor 11 Feb 2022 A ruling Lib Dem councillor has been accused of hiding from scrutiny after making a…
Councillors criticise halving of cycle lane scheme plans 07 Feb 2022 Plans to take advantage of Government funding to introduce cycle lanes between Holgate and Acomb…
Disabled residents now ‘barred from town, barred from country’ 24 Dec 2021 A Labour councillor has hit out at City of York Council over delays to removing…
Labour representatives talk with small business owners 24 Dec 2021 The city’s Opposition Labour Group Leader and Deputy Leader joined York Central MP Rachael Maskell…
Worse off to be hit hard by care cap changes 18 Nov 2021 Labour says Government changes to the detail around a national cap on care costs will…
Labour proposals to tackle hunger win council backing 01 Nov 2021 The basic human right to food was discussed at a recent meeting as councillors debated…