Evening Standard • 17th May 2021

New analysis reveals £372 billion cost of Covid response

The estimated cost of the Government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has risen to an “eye-watering” £372 billion, a government watchdog has said.

Evening Standard • 17th May 2021

Local officials told to keep to vaccine priority list despite variant concerns

Downing Street has urged health officials not to extend the coronavirus vaccine rollout to younger people and to stick to the priority list advised by experts.

The Yorkshire Post • 9th May 2021

Tracy Brabin becomes first mayor of West Yorkshire - and first woman to hold metro mayor job

Tracy Brabin has become the first metro mayor of West Yorkshire in a “historic” moment giving Labour a hat-trick across the M62.

The Yorkshire Post • 5th May 2021

Keir Starmer thought complaints over Tracy Brabin's brownie giveaway were 'a joke'

Sir Keir Starmer said he was shocked that “anyone would take seriously” complaints that Labour’s West Yorkshire mayoral candidate was handing out brownies in an alleged breach of electoral law.

The Yorkshire Post • 5th May 2021

Ministers should ask people in Yorkshire about levelling up, says Labour leader

The Government should talk to people in West Yorkshire about levelling up, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he set out the priorities for Tracy Brabin if she was to win the West Yorkshire mayoral race for Labour.

The Yorkshire Post • 4th May 2021

Boris Johnson appoints levelling up adviser to 'go further' with agenda promised in 2019

The Prime Minister has appointed a new levelling up adviser amid fears the election-winning agenda has faltered without any way to measure progress.

The Yorkshire Post • 4th May 2021

Labour under fire for breaching rule of six and handing out brownies while campaigning in West Yorkshire

Labour’s candidate for West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin has been reported to the Electoral Commission and the police for handing out brownies while campaigning as party activists have also come under fire for breaching the rule of six while canvassing.

The Yorkshire Post • 3rd May 2021

Organised crime gangs streaming hare coursing to Chinese betting syndicates, warns shadow environment secretary

Organised crime gangs streaming hare coursing to Chinese betting syndicates, warns shadow environment secretary

The Yorkshire Post • 29th April 2021

Grant Shapps: 'Starting construction of HS2 in North would probably have been sensible'

Grant Shapps has said he will not be "chopping and changing" plans for HS2 even though he admitted it would "probably have been sensible" to start construction in the North.

The Yorkshire Post • 26th April 2021

Proper devolution - not independence - is right for Yorkshire and the North, says party leader

Two parties fighting to be the voice of the North are concerned with the same issues, but have very different ideals, the leader of the Yorkshire Party has said.

The Yorkshire Post • 26th April 2021

Government 'not taking any backwards step' on levelling up, minister says

The Government is “not taking any backwards step” on the levelling up agenda despite the impact of coronavirus on progress, peers have been told.

The Yorkshire Post • 24th April 2021

Government 'must end the scourge of UK fast fashion'

A selection of articles looking into the issue of fast fashion and the sector's environmental future in the North.

The Yorkshire Post • 23rd April 2021

Dominic Cummings attacks 'competence and integrity' of Prime Minister as he denies being No 10 leaker

Boris Johnson’s former aide Dominic Cummings has denied in a scathing blog post about his old boss that he leaked the Prime Minister’s text messages.

22nd April 2021

Government could bring in 'vehicle revolution within the next five years' with electric vehicle plans, Yorkshire MP says

The Government could bring about an electric vehicle revolution within five years if they wanted to, a Yorkshire MP has said, as he told ministers to scrap incentives to invest in charging infrastructure

The Yorkshire Post • 22nd April 2021

No 10 launches leak inquiry into Dyson texts - 24 hours after saying probe was not needed

Downing Street has launched an investigation into how the Prime Minister’s private text messages with a billionaire businessman made their way to journalists having previously said no such probe was needed.

The Yorkshire Post • 21st April 2021

Prime Minister is helping wealthy businessmen while abandoning Liberty Steel workers, says Labour leader

Boris Johnson has said he makes “absolutely no apology at all for shifting heaven and earth” to secure more ventilators for the NHS during the early days of the pandemic as he came under pressure over contact with billionaire Sir James Dyson.

The Yorkshire Post • 21st April 2021

'I'm a stickler for accuracy,' says PM, as Hull MP disputes Home Secretary's claim over officer recruitment

The Prime Minister has insisted he is a “stickler for accuracy” as he said a Yorkshire police and crime commissioner (PCC) would not have been able to increase officer numbers without his Government.

The Yorkshire Post • 21st April 2021

'No one is safe until everyone is safe' - MP calls for focus on why Covid hotspots still appear in West Yorkshire

There are “underlying chronic problems with the way our country is organised”, a Yorkshire MP has claimed, as he said public health “hit squads” should be deployed to suppress coronavirus hotspots.

The Yorkshire Post • 20th April 2021

Antiviral tablets taken at home could help fight coronavirus third wave, Boris Johnson says

Another weapon in the arsenal to fight Covid-19 could be available by the autumn as a new Government taskforce will look to develop a drug which can be taken at home and stave off the worst effects of the illness.

The Yorkshire Post • 19th April 2021

Inappropriate messages sent to staff member by former MP Jared O'Mara amounted to 'abuse of power' and broke sexual harassment policy

A controversial former Sheffield MP breached Parliament’s sexual misconduct rules by sending inappropriate messages to a staff member.