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Council sets out new pay policy with 20 bosses entitled to £100k or more

Kirklees Council bosses are set for six-figure salaries as the local authority has published its Pay Policy Statement for 2024/25. The Pay Policy sets out...

Missed bins among main reasons for complaints at Kirklees Council

An increase in complaints about missed bin collections has been recorded at Kirklees Council for 23/24, after a “blip” in winter caused problems across...

Seven Due In Court Over Damage To Businesses

Seven people are due to appear in court charged over incidents of criminal damage in Leeds city centre. The five women and two men were...

Targeting uninsured drivers across West Yorkshire

Police in West Yorkshire will be targeting uninsured drivers over the coming weeks with the aim of making our roads safer for all. Roads Policing...

Six sentenced for using stolen ID in bid to avoid motoring fines

Six people who used an innocent woman’s stolen identity details in an attempt to avoid motoring fines have been sentenced at Bradford Crown Court. The...

Labour’s promise to reverse North East child poverty rise and cut life expectancy gap

Labour has pledged to reverse a major escalation of child poverty in the North East and close the life expectancy gap between the region’s...

More people could quit Labour in Slough, resignation letters suggest

More people have quit Labour in Slough following the resignation of seven councillors from the party earlier this month, letters seen by the LDRS...

Starmer says he meant no offence to Bangladeshis after comments branded ‘outrageous demonisation’

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he did not intend to cause offence, after being accused of ‘demonising’ the UK’s Bangladeshi community. Sir Keir...

Development corporation boards set to be extended to bring ‘broader representation’

The boards of organisations set up to regenerate two town centres in Teesside are set to be extended as the Tees Valley Mayor said...

Streeting ‘optimistic’ Labour could resolve NHS strikes as junior doctors begin latest walkout

Wes Streeting says he is “optimistic” of resolving the junior doctors strike if Labour wins the election on 4 July. Speaking as medics began their...

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