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London’s nightlife crisis: Industry leaders call for urgent support amid crime and cost challenges

London’s nightlife industry has warned that strict licensing laws, problems with crime, and eye-watering costs are pushing venues to the brink. In public meetings at...
Economy

Leeds Council grapples with £90m in unpaid taxes amid economic strain

Households in the city owed more than £90m in unpaid council tax at the end of the last financial year, figures reveal. Arrears increased after living costs rose...
Economy

Reeves vows Labour would continue Tory-backed Levelling Up projects hit by delays

Rachel Reeves has vowed that a Labour government would honour Tory commitments to major Levelling Up projects in the North East that are yet...
Bradford & Keighley

New location for robotics centre will ‘maximise regeneration’

Building a training centre in the heart of Keighley rather than on its outskirts will “maximise regeneration” in the town – a meeting has...
Economy

Councils plead with next government to fix ‘broken’ system or risk more town halls going bust

The next government has been urged to commit to a “significant and sustained” funding boost to stop more local councils going bust and protect...
Bradford & Keighley

£100 Million electric Train Depot unveiled for Shipley, bringing 90 new jobs

More details of plans to build a £100 million rail depot on a former scrapyard have officially been revealed. In March Rail Minister Huw Merriman...
Bradford & Keighley

Marks & Spencer to leave Bradford as city centre store shuts on Saturday

The decision to close the Marks & Spencer department store in Bradford was one that “had already been made” by the time council officials...
Economy

Government endorses £3 billion investment from Saudi aimed at sustaining jobs despite human rights controversy

The Government has championed a £3 billion investment in the North East from Saudi Arabia that it is claimed will sustain 2,000 jobs. Deputy Prime...
Economy

Labour pledge to ‘turbocharge’ North East jobs with mayor’s bid to regenerate ports and rivers

Labour vowed on Monday to “turbocharge” jobs and economic growth in the North East. At a meeting with newly-elected North East mayor Kim McGuinness and...
Economy

Starmer pledges jobs and green energy boost at PD Ports visit

Labour leader Keir Starmer has admitted the party let down working class people in the past but promised to bring jobs to Teesside for...
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