The Yorkshire Post • 19th March 2021

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey: 'I'm going to speak up, that's the job of a politician'

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said his party is ready to “speak up” as he attempts to steer his party from the disastrous election results seen in 2019 to providing a “distinctive opposition” to the Government.

The Yorkshire Post • 13th March 2021

Lee Rowley: 'I'll never be an MP of grievance, the North and Midlands can do better than than'

The December 2019 election has been heralded as the fall of the Red Wall, the traditionally Labour-held seats across the North and the Midlands. But for Lee Rowley, the bricks started crumbling two years before, when he was elected as the first Conservative MP in North East Derbyshire since 1935.

The Yorkshire Post • 8th March 2021

Government has 'seen the light' on corporation tax but super deduction makes move more expensive

Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds has said the Government has “seen the light” on corporation tax after Rishi Sunak announced the levy would be raised at the Budget last week.

The Yorkshire Post • 30th January 2021

Fabian Hamilton: ‘It benefits everybody for the world to be at peace and fewer weapons used’

The UK may no longer be frozen in the depths of the Cold War, but new challenges, and rising threats around the world, means aiming to keep tensions between global powers stable is still key.

The Yorkshire Post • 10th January 2021

Rosena Allin-Khan: 'In the first lockdown people had a sense of hope, now they come to A&E in crisis'

A Labour shadow minister has said mental health has not been a priority during the pandemic as she recounted people turning up to A&E in crisis as she worked as a doctor on the frontline.

The Yorkshire Post • 19th December 2020

David Blunkett: 'If you're not learning something new every day, then you're not really living.'

For more than 50 years Labour veteran David Blunkett has been involved in some sort of politics. From being at one time the youngest councillor in the country, balancing planning committees with studying at the University of Sheffield, to now taking his seat in the House of Lords, he has seen almost every facet of how the United Kingdom is run. But it was not the route to the corridors of power that many of the country’s statesmen have taken.

12th December 2020

Dehenna Davison: 'I thought Churchill was a Labour PM, studying politics was one of the best decisions I ever made'

When Dehenna Davison chose to study politics as an A-Level, it was not because of some deep-seated love for robust debate or a wish to be a parliamentarian making speeches in the House of Commons. In fact, growing up on a council estate in Sheffield, the 27-year-old - one of the youngest MPs to be elected for the first time at 2019’s General Election - Ms Davison’s family rarely discussed politics, and she thought Winston Churchill had been a Labour Prime Minister.

The Yorkshire Post • 5th December 2020

Stick by devolution promises to really deliver on levelling up, former Northern Powerhouse Minister urges

Devolution needs to remain central to the Government’s commitment to improving life in the North of England, the former Northern Powerhouse Minister has urged, amid fears tensions with metro mayors had caused ministers to go cold on the idea.

The Yorkshire Post • 28th November 2020

Caroline Flint: 'Covid has proven manufacturing in this country can be revived'

From playing a central role in the industrial revolution to Sheffield’s proud heritage in steel-making, to 19th century wool mills or in more recent years the energy sector, Yorkshire’s position in the manufacturing industry has been integral to the country’s success. And it is a strong base in manufacturing which must be revived for the economy to survive the devastating recession caused by coronavirus.

The Yorkshire Post • 21st November 2020

Bradford-born Lord Greaves: We rebuilt the Lib Dems with grassroots campaigning before, we can do it again now

It is difficult to find anyone with more liberal blood running through their veins that Tony Greaves. The Bradford-born peer has been involved in the movement for 60 years, since long before the modern Liberal Democrat Party - of which he remains a member - was conceived. And it is by looking back at those days of grassroots of liberalism and community campaigning that the modern day Lib Dems can start to build a movement again, according to the veteran activist.

The Yorkshire Post • 14th November 2020

UCU General Secretary Jo Grady: 'Growing up in Wakefield, I saw how politics was personal'

Growing up in Wakefield, Jo Grady saw unfairness everywhere she looked. Living with the consequences of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership and with a colliery worker father who took part in the miners’ strikes, she said it was impossible to ignore the impact politics has “on a micro level, every day”.

The Yorkshire Post • 31st October 2020

TikTok, Twitch, and Twitter: One of Yorkshire's youngest councillors on inspiring a new generation into local politics

From standing in mock elections at the age of just 11, to being elected to the town council, and with eyes on a job in Government one day, one of Yorkshire’s newest, and youngest, councillors is aiming to redefine what it means to be a politician in 2020.

The Yorkshire Post • 31st October 2020

'We need a first minister for Yorkshire' - Meet the punk singer vying to be the first mayor of West Yorkshire

When West Yorkshire elects its first metro mayor next year following the signing of a £1.8bn devolution deal with the Government, voters will likely see familiar names on the ballot. Already putting themselves forward are MPs and council leaders, with business figures also likely to be key contenders. But for 30-year-old punk singer Rio Goldhammer, from Bradford, the time has come for someone outside the political sphere to shake things up.

The Yorkshire Post • 1st October 2020

Levelling up plans do not have 'leadership, pace, and momentum' they need

The Government is not on track to meet its levelling up ambitions due to a lack of leadership and investment into the project, the former head of the Civil Service has claimed. Commission chairman Lord Kerslake, the former head of the Civil Service, said: “The impact of the pandemic has not been even, it's exposed the vulnerability of parts of the UK very seriously. It's not be

The Yorkshire Post • 28th September 2020

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey pledges to build on party's Yorkshire council success in bid to rebuild after election defeats

Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey has promised to build on his party’s grassroots success to map out a route back to winning national votes in the coming years.

The Yorkshire Post • 19th September 2020

Peter O'Brien: 'Yorkshire's universities are key to our region levelling up'

Education provides a route to recovery, Yorkshire Universities’ Dr Peter O’Brien says, but not without challenges, Geraldine Scott reports.

The Yorkshire Post • 12th September 2020

TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady: 'Women need a proper wage as much as any man'

When Frances O’Grady became General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress in 2013 she was the first woman to hold the post. Seven years later, as the industrial body prepares for its annual congress beginning on Monday, where priorities are set for the coming year, gender is still an issue at the forefront of her mind.

The Yorkshire Post • 11th September 2020

Students returning to Sheffield is coronavirus fear which is 'keeping public health officials awake at night'

Directors of public health have been thrust into the limelight as the pandemic presented the “big one” that all in the sector were waiting for, one of Yorkshire's top officials has revealed. Sheffield City Council's Greg Fell joked "even my kids want to be a public health specialist at the moment", but he said the strain placed on him and his team - as well as equivalents around the country - had been immense with no prospect of their work slowing down in the coming months.

The Yorkshire Post • 5th September 2020

'We always end up coming back to Yorkshire'- Tourism boss returns to old patch to help coronavirus recovery

As tourism businesses throw their all into recovering what is left of the 2020 season, North Yorkshire’s market towns are at the heart of a new tourism boss’ recovery plan, Geraldine Scott reports.

The Yorkshire Post • 17th August 2020

Meet the Leeds professor at the forefront of advising the government on coronavirus

Meet the Leeds professor at the forefront of advising the government on coronavirus With a drive to get back to the office and restart the economy on the cards, the way in which coronavirus spreads - and, crucially, how to prevent that - will be at the forefront of the consciousness of scientific experts advising the government. But following a role at the University of Leeds looking at the role of air disinfection for tuberculosis, she said she discovered the “human face of engineering” where