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Politics

Council to cut £33,000 from York public health budget

York MP asks PM: How many people need to be vaccinated before restrictions can be lifted?

Government advisers say York council should scrap its £2m Local Plan. But the council is pressing ahead

Council tax bills to be hiked and jobs axed as city faces £15 million budget black hole

Council agrees to bail out Make It York – ahead of contract renegotiation in February

Make It York asks for a massive council bailout – or it could shut down

‘It is going to cost us an awful lot of money’: Failed stadium gamble adds to council cash woes

Health secretary Matt Hancock praises York for bringing coronavirus cases down

Julian Sturdy votes in favour of coronavirus restrictions – despite York being in the ‘wrong’ tier

Cutting car parking spaces ‘could lead to council tax rises’

York councillor claims 5G masts ‘cause cancer’ – but is challenged on the science

York council set to pay £55K bailout to Welcome To Yorkshire

Council sends out waste collection calendars printed with the wrong dates

‘It is a slowly unfolding scandal’: Bumper payoff to York council chief comes under outside scrutiny

Falling coronavirus figures show York ‘should go into Tier 1 after lockdown’ – MP

‘I urge York council to take up mass testing’ says Boris Johnson

Video: After clashes with the Lord Mayor, heated opinions and a knife-edge vote, York council comes to a verdict on its next chief

Video: ‘Weak and irresponsible leadership’ – Labour hits out at ‘political fix’ over top job

What do York’s party leaders think of the devolution plan?

What next for York on devolution plan?

Paying for bin collections and £117 more on council tax – the ‘price of devolution’?

Coronavirus could send North ‘into reverse’ – York MP joins Tory colleagues pressing PM for action

Council appoints internal candidate for £145K top job – without interviewing anyone else

MP challenges Boris Johnson on why York was put into Tier 2 – and how it can get out. This is what he said

‘We are putting more resources into contact tracing in York,’ says health secretary Matt Hancock

York councillor resigns from Green Party over ‘miserable’ treatment

York’s Conservative MP votes against the government over food standards

York’s Conservative MP demands the Government give MPs a proper say on Covid restrictions

York’s Conservative MP isn’t happy with Boris statement on new Covid restrictions

‘Next month 22% of my constituents could lose their jobs’ – Rachael Maskell challenges Prime Minster over furlough scheme

York would combine with Selby, Ryedale and Scarborough under new devolution proposal

Council accused of trying to make chief executive’s bumper payoff ‘disappear’ – as post is axed for good

Westminster restoration team rejects PM’s call to consider moving Parliament to York

Former Lord Mayor Dave Taylor suspended from the York Green Party over ‘offensive’ Jack Charlton comments

Will planning shake-up force locals out of York – or help them onto the housing ladder?

Revealed: The city centre shop bought by York council for £2.8 million