It’s been revealed that the new York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority will employ 54 staff at a cost of £4.5m a year. The authority will be led by the region’s first-ever mayor, with voters...
Devolution
York and North Yorkshire combined authority to employ 54 staff
It’s been revealed that the new York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority will employ 54 staff at a cost of £4.5m a year. The authority will be led by the region’s first-ever mayor, with voters going to the polls on May 2. Later today, councillors at North Yorkshire...
Tory mayor candidate says he has ‘vision and fight’ to make a difference
The Conservative hoping to become the first-ever Mayor of York and North Yorkshire has said he has the "vision and fight to make a difference". Journalist and councillor Keane Duncan was selected at a meeting of North Yorkshire Conservatives at the Bridge Hotel and...
Ripon council could take control of city’s key assets in 12 months’ time
There are hopes Ripon City Council could be running Ripon's town hall and market place by April next year, according to the council leader. The council submitted an expression of interest at the end of last month to North Yorkshire Council to be part of a “double...
Harrogate councillors approve transfer of council-owned companies
Councillors have approved the transfer of Harrogate Borough Council’s wholly-owned companies to the new North Yorkshire Council next month. HBC’s Conservative-run cabinet met last night at the Civic Centre to discuss a report written by the council’s head of legal and...
Harrogate council defends decision to transfer audit staff to Veritau
Harrogate Borough Council has defended its decision not to transfer some staff to the new North Yorkshire Council. Five audit services staff recently discovered they would transfer to Veritau, a shared service group owned by local authorities in Yorkshire and...
Hot Seat: Why 2023 will be economically ‘huge’ in the Harrogate district
Next year will see the start of seismic political changes in North Yorkshire. On April 1, seven district councils, including Harrogate Borough Council, will be abolished, along with North Yorkshire County Council. and be replaced by a new unitary authority called...
Levelling up council tax charges over two years is ‘best compromise’
A meeting of North Yorkshire County Council’s executive was told residents in Hambleton district were facing having to pay significantly higher bills to bring their charges into line with those being levied by second tier authorities elsewhere in the county.
Consultation launched over £540m North Yorkshire devolution deal
A historic devolution deal for North Yorkshire, which would see £540 million worth of funding over 30 years and a new mayor, will be put to the public.
North Yorkshire devolution deal ‘third lowest’ in north, says IPPR North
Council officials have defended a £540 million North Yorkshire devolution deal after a report found it to be the third lowest agreed across northern England.
County leaders coy on referendum calls for Harrogate town council
Do people in the area covered on this map want to pay extra council tax to pay for a Harrogate town council?
Report says North Yorkshire mayor will ‘promote local democracy’
A review of proposed sweeping changes to local government in North Yorkshire and York has claimed having an elected mayor and a combined authority “will promote local democracy”.
North Yorkshire devolution concentrates power into ‘hands of few’
Opposition councillors have criticised plans for a mayor and combined authority in North Yorkshire as centralising power into “the hands of a few”.
