Council finance bosses have warned long-awaited transport schemes in Harrogate, Selby and Skipton will put taxpayers' money at risk. A meeting of North Yorkshire Council’s executive on Tuesday saw the Tory-led authority push forward an £11.2m project for Harrogate,...
A local authority has been obliged to pay about £17,000 of taxpayers’ money to a residential care home patient after it was found to have failed to use the correct language when explaining her charges. North Yorkshire Council has also been recommended to pay the...
North Yorkshire Council has revealed it is facing an annual black hole of up to £100m over its spending on special educational needs and disability (SEND) children in as little as four years due to spiralling demand for support services. While the council says the...
Senior North Yorkshire councillors have rejected criticism after no members of the public attended a meeting of its top committee, which was held 55 miles from its headquarters. North Yorkshire Council’s executive meeting at Selby Civic Centre lasted less than 10...
Residents have backed a move to launch a crowdfunding campaign and seek expert advice on how to battle against a planned asphalt plant near Knaresborough. A public meeting called by the Communities Against Toxins group heard residents of numerous villages surrounding...
North Yorkshire Council looks set to increase garden waste collection charges in the Harrogate district by almost 7% next year. A report to a meeting of the council’s environment executive members meeting on Monday proposes charging £46.50 for garden waste...
Council leaders have defended funding allocations for net zero projects in York amid claims they received a disproportionate amount of money to North Yorkshire. A joint meeting of the Conservative-run North Yorkshire and Labour-run City of York councils to discuss the...
North Yorkshire Council looks set to write to the government calling for fundamental reform of the planning system to improve the county’s rivers, watercourses and coastline. The Conservative-run council will consider pressing Secretary of State for Environment, Food...
Conservative leaders on North Yorkshire Council have dismissed claims they are attempting to “stifle democracy” by banning residents who cannot attend their weekday daytime committee meetings from having their questions read out. Cllr Carl Les, leader of the...
Five years after its launch, the controversial £1.4 billion energy-from-waste incinerator near Knaresborough has been declared a success, even by some of the community leaders who voted against it. The landmark Allerton Park plant, near the junction of the A1(M) and...
North Yorkshire’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner has said the county’s fire service is improving despite rising response times. Conservative commissioner Zoe Metcalfe said the service had been working “at pace to make considerable progress” over the eight...
