Local Politics in Beverley, HU17
Members of the Yorkshire Party have posed for pictures for pictures holding a giant cheque outside the offices of MP David Davis.
Standing outside the constituency office in Willerby, Diana Wallis, the Yorkshire Party Parliamentary candidate for Haltemprice & Howden was joined by other members of the party.
Members of the Labour Party in Beverley say MP Graham Stuart is in denial over the governments intentions to sell off the NHS to their business friends.
Their comments come after they released statement in response to plans to sell part of the NHS which Labour say will benefit private sector at tax payers expense.
Graham Stuart, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness, has pressed NHS England to improve the provision of NHS dentistry across the local area.
Of the practices listed by NHS England as providing access for patients in Beverley, none are currently accepting new NHS patients, and the situation is little better in the rest of the constituency. Residents have been told that they will need to travel as far as Cottingham or Hull in the hope of obtaining dentistry through the NHS.
An offer made by a resident to purchase a small part of the Archery Field in Beverley from East Riding Council has triggered concerns from some residents.
ERYC have confirmed an offer has been made for approximately 62 square meters of land but say this type of thing is ‘quite common’ and will be considered on its own merits.
An outline planning application has been submitted to East Riding of Yorkshire Council by developer Sewell Group for the Yorkshire Energy Park, a large-scale industrial development on the former aerodrome at the edge of Hedon and adjacent to Preston South.
Cllr Denis Healy is appealing to Northern Rail to reconsider its proposal to scrap Beverley’s direct train service to Doncaster and Sheffield and beyond from next May.
The train operator is consulting stakeholders about a proposed new timetable to take effect from May 2018, which will see the end of through trains from Beverley.
Yorkshire Party Leader, Stewart Arnold says the deal struck between the Conservative Party and the DUP shows just how impotent Yorkshire’s MPs are.
His comments come after the DUP confirmed they would support Theresa May in return for a number of concessions including an additional £1 billion in funding over a two year period.
Councillor Denis Healy is calling on East Riding of Yorkshire Council to make sure that property developers build the right proportion of affordable homes.
Figures revealed show that developers are being allowed to build too many expensive executive homes, whilst falling short of the Council’s targets for smaller, more affordable properties.
Richard Howarth of The Green Party has criticised the UK voting system saying it is utterly inadequate as he reflected on the 2017 General Election.
His comments comas the party as his party polled 525,371 votes nationally and won one seat, yet the Democratic Unionist Party polled just 292,316 votes winning, what will be 10 critical seats.
In comparison to the General Election of 2015 when the Yorkshire Party secured 6,600 votes from its 14 candidates, in Thursday’s poll the party gained 20,958 from 21 candidates.
For the candidate in Beverley & Holderness Lee Walton, they saw an increase of 0.08pc as beating in the Greens winning a total of 1,158 votes.
Denis Healy, The Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Beverley & Holderness has issued a final statement ahead election.
Voters will go to the polls on 8 June as Mr. Healy, through his statement says that every vote for the Conservatives is a vote for the dementia tax, NHS cuts, sacked teachers and a bad Brexit.
As we enter the few days ahead of the 2017 general election Graham Stuart has again outlined why he thinks the residents of Beverley and Holderness should support him.
Looking to retain his seat for the third time Mr. Stuart who has an overwhelming 12,203 majority that he has grown over the years through his dedication and work in the constituency.
An outline planning application has been submitted to East Riding of Yorkshire Council by developer Sewell Group for the Yorkshire Energy Park, a large-scale industrial development on the former aerodrome at the edge of Hedon and adjacent to Preston South.
Liberal Democrat candidate Denis Healy says that hundreds of children in Beverley & Holderness are set to miss out on school meals.
His comments come after research by the party showed that almost 2,000 children will have their free meal taken away leaving parents to pick up the bill.
Yorkshire Party candidates are challenging their Labour and Conservative opposites in the upcoming General Election for their views on a Yorkshire devolution deal.
In Beverley and Holderness Lee Walton will be looking to win voters over as the party promises to put the regions interests first.
John Thompson was one of many people in Beverley, who this afternoon were happy to take a free balloon to show his support for the Conservative Party candidate Graham Stuart.
Mr. Thompson who lives life on the edge collected his free balloon and tied it to the handle bars of his push bike and was delighted to pose for photos.
Yorkshire Party candidate Lee Walton says the key goal of their party is to give the county a voice by forming its own regional parliament.
Mr. Walton who will be standing for the Yorkshire Party in Beverley and Holderness in the 2017 general election on 8 June believes this would help tackle the divide between the North and the South.
Jeremy Corbyn who is hoping to become the Prime Minster of Great Britain was welcomed by thousands of people in Hull.
As an event, it was very cleverly put together, staged, to some extent, by the Labour Party and was interesting to watch how people, banners and placards were strategically placed for the cameras.