A further £1.35 million will be ploughed into the extension of Kirkgate Market, over and above its original £12.3 million budget.
The new funds follow a survey which has revealed more work needs to be done, and construction costs have risen.Read More »More money to be ploughed into Kirkgate Market
By David Mackie
The increasing of the minimum wage into a ‘living wage’, announced by George Osborne in today’s Budget, has been tentatively welcomed by people in Horsforth.
Read More »Living Wage announcement given thumbs up in Horsforth
14.00 – Well that’s it, it’s all over. We’d love to hear your comments on the budget. Contact us @YorkshireV or leedstrinitycfj@gmail.com. Here are the… Read More »LIVE: Budget 2015
By Caroline Grandjean
Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland was told “don’t argue the toss” and “don’t shake your head, mate” by Speaker John Bercow after he took too long to ask a question in the Commons today.
A Conservative front-bencher will visit Bradford to see what effect community based projects are having on the city. Community Secretary, Eric Pickles, 62, from Keighley,… Read More »Conservative Community Secretary to visit Bradford community projects
Keighley councillor, Brian Morris, said Tory defector, Douglas Carswell, will deliver UKIP’s first seat in Parliament and that he expects more Conservative MPs will join… Read More »Bradford UKIP councillor confident former Tory MP will deliver party’s first Parliament seat
Watch a roundup of today’s news in brief from the Yorkshire Voice newsroom, presented by Mark Kielesz-Levine on Thursday, July 31.
By Anders Anglesey The Labour council leader for Calderdale condemned the decision to oust him from his position as a cynical action taken by the… Read More »Council leader ousted in political coup condemns “grab for power”