On Friday, when Parliament was not running, the government announced that they were looking to house asylum seekers in 3 former military housing estates. One is at Linton on Ouse a small village of 800 homes which could potentially now…
The role of a councillor is that of a volunteer who receives an allowance to help cover costs for joining in the many things that you might not consider they have to do. One such item is that of being…
It is worth remembering we have a population of about 65m. 6m of them work for the government both locally and nationally. Then there are a number below 18 not working plus a number above 65 not working, then there…
We are seeing why so many people are fed up with how the age old political parties are working. They literally live in a different world to the rest of us and it needs to change. We had continual change…
Reform UK have now taken control of a significant number of councils throughout the country and have a large number of cllrs, in fact it is ‘north’ of 1400 new ones meaning the makeup of the Local Government Association (LGA)…
People will no doubt have seen the latest issue of supply of CARBON dIOXIDE CO2 which may have puzzled many people. It is a gas with a lot of uses including food preservation. We used to have ‘seasonal’ food but…
Kippax forms part of the Selby constituency but is part of Leeds City Council rather than North Yorkshire. We have been canvassing and leafletting for several weeks now and the views on the doorstep have been very positive. Positive in…
We are all aware that there are issues and the current government just seem to be making things worse. Not content with ignoring what is going on around them they are now reacting to whatever crisis has the highest priority,…
I have posted on my facebook page about the subject of switching to renewables and costs invloved and just want to give more of an explanation. The reason electricity bills went up dramatically is because with the solar farms and…
The precept for the council has been agreed at 4.99%. 2% for social care and the rest for normal operations. As the conservatives are the largest group there was really no room for maneuver plus the labour group were obviously…