Government announces its Environmental Improvement Plan 2023.
The Government has today (31 January) announced plans to restore nature, improve environmental quality, and increase prosperity as it publishes its Environmental Improvement Plan 2023.
Business Secretary tells energy providers to end forced prepayment meter switching.
The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has launched a crackdown on energy suppliers following a sharp increase in the number of prepayment meters being fitted in households struggling to pay energy bills.
Six weeks for developers to sign contract to fix unsafe buildings.
Today (30 January) the Government have announced they are giving housing developers six weeks to sign a contract requiring them to fix unsafe buildings and reimburse taxpayers or face significant consequences – protecting leaseholders from unfair and crippling costs.
Pateley Bridge to Harrogate bus saved.
The 24 bus service from Pateley Bridge to Harrogate has been given temporary funding from North Yorkshire County Council in order to support the service. In a statement to local media, the Executive Member for Highways and Transport at North Yorkshire County Council, Councillor Keane Duncan, said “The 24 is a key route that many…
Local MP signs Holocaust Educational Trust Book of Commitment.
Today (27 January) Harrogate and Knaresborough MP, Andrew Jones, signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment.
Government cracks down on ‘fire and rehire’ tactics.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has published proposals to crack down on dismissal and re-engagement practices often known as ‘fire and rehire’.
All schools to have defibrillators by the end of the academic year.
All state-funded schools in England currently without a defibrillator will receive one by the end of the academic year.
National Plan for Music.
The Government has published its comprehensive plan for music as part of its effort to ensure all school children grow up with the opportunity to engage with music.
Government announces deposit return scheme plans.
The Government has set out plans to introduce a deposit return scheme for drinks bottles and cans from 2025.
Commissioner Zoë responds to HMICFRS’s latest report.
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Zoë Metcalfe has responded to His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS’s) latest report on North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.
January’s view from Westminster.
Andrew Jones writes a monthly column for the Advertiser series of newspapers. Click here for the January article.
New approach to reduce flood risk and clean up rivers.
A new approach to drainage means people will benefit from a reduced risk of flooding and pollution on new developments.
Sustainable home centre hosts local MP.
The new Daikin Sustainable Home Centre in Harrogate has been launched by heat pump manufacturer Daikin UK and Duftons Plumbing and Heating Supplies; the largest independent plumbing and heating merchant in Yorkshire.
Far-reaching single-use plastic ban from October.
Over 95 per cent of respondents to the consultation by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs supported introducing the ban.
Destination Harrogate launches first “Visit Harrogate restaurant week”.
Destination Harrogate is to launch the inaugural Visit Harrogate Restaurant Week taking place across the Harrogate district from 6-10th February 2023.
Cost of living boost for students.
Students are to benefit from additional financial support designed to ease cost of living pressures and help them to meet everyday costs whilst they are completing their studies.
Yorkshire Water back water quality campaign following top-level meeting.
Harrogate and Knaresborough MP, Andrew Jones’s water quality campaign has continued in the new year. Last week Mr Jones met with the Chief Executive of Yorkshire Water, Nicola Shaw, to discuss his ongoing campaign for bathing water status for the River Nidd at the Lido Leisure Park in Knaresborough. He also met with a representative…
Homeowners and tenants to get better access to faster broadband.
New homes in England will be built with gigabit broadband connections thanks to new laws brought in by the Government.
‘Off-grid’ fuel support measures due to launch.
The Government’s support measures for fuel bills have reached 29 million households. There are however 900,000 which, for various reasons, are harder to reach and park home communities fall into this group.
New defibrillator fund.
The public will have faster access to life-saving defibrillators as the government announces a new £1 million fund to increase the number of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in communities most in need – providing an estimated 1,000 new defibrillators in community spaces across England.
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