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How national education policy is holding back Yorkshire’s schools - Dr Gurmit Singh
If you want to understand why young people across Yorkshire are being let down by national education policy, talk to a teacher trying to navigate the latest batch of directives coming out of London. You will not hear about a lack of ambition or a shortage of talent. You will hear about a system choked by administrative bloat, where managing compliance matters far more than actual teaching.
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How refreshing to have a Prime Minister who gets the North but is devolution the cure for all of our ills? - Ismail Mulla
How refreshing it is to finally have a Prime Minister who understands that there is life north of the Watford Gap. If there is one thing that Andy Burnham cannot be accused of it is not knowing about the North and the challenges that it faces.
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Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes
Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment
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Labour is putting Britain first when it comes to procurement - Louise Haigh
In the face of economic headwinds, from the Middle East crisis, to the cost of borrowing - it is more important than ever that we are a bold, reforming government. One that treads where others have shied away from.
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Why Yorkshire’s mayors must tread carefully when it comes to the visitor levy
Tax raising powers for local leaders are to be broadly welcomed. The outdated model of Whitehall dictating how much money can be raised and then spent on an area needs to be consigned to history.
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‘They worked me hard, but fair’ – chancellor recalls first job at North Yorkshire pub
Chancellor John Healey recalled his first job at a pub in North Yorkshire as he declared welfare reform a “moral duty” and pledged not to…
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‘They worked me hard, but fair’ – chancellor recalls first job at North Yorkshire pub
Chancellor John Healey recalled his first job at a pub in North Yorkshire as he declared welfare reform a “moral duty” and pledged not to…
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The withdrawal of inheritance tax relief on farmland is having the desired effect - Yorkshire Post Letters
From: Doug Clark, Cononley, Keighley.
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How Liverpool really feels about Andy Burnham’s homecoming
As Andy Burnham addresses the Labour Conference in the city of his birth, Dan Haygarth asks the people of Liverpool whether their Scouse PM will benefit the city - or whether his ‘Manchesterism’ shows his priorities are elsewhere
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US warns citizens in Britain to ‘exercise caution’ after RAF Fairford incident
Washington’s embassy in London said facilities and gatherings associated to the US may be at ‘heightened risk’
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Andy Burnham proposes NHS-style social care system for England
The prime minister told the BBC that social care in England is "as unfair as American healthcare".
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Policing concerns add to list of growing reasons why the Linton-on-Ouse asylum seeker centre plans are inappropriate
Yet another major flaw in the Government’s plans to house asylum seekers at a former RAF base in Linton-on-Ouse is becoming apparent. David Skaith, the Labour mayor for York and North Yorkshire, would put “considerable pressure” on the police force amid wider public safety fears.
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Inside the real war games as Europe readies for an attack by Russia
As warnings increase about a Russian attack on a NATO country, real-world war-games, whether played out around a conference table or on the ground as military exercises, are happening all the time. But the real danger is the potential for hysteria, fear and miscalculation to turn a shadow war into something much worse, writes Owen Matthews
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The prize for Yorkshire from fiscal devolution is enormous, we cannot afford to throw it away - Mirte Boot
Leeds tops a leaderboard no city wants to be on: it is the largest city in western Europe without a tram network. The story of how it got there is almost a parody of the way this country is run.
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Echo backs £20m Pride in Place initiative to transform lives in Darlington
A community-driven initiative to invest up to £20m and transform lives in the five most disadvantaged areas of Darlington is launched today…
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Keith Wakefield: Former Leeds City Council leader who helped bring Tour de France to Yorkshire
Keith Wakefield, who has died at 78, was twice leader of Leeds City Council and helped bring the Tour de France to Yorkshire.
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Echo event hears Darlington hailed as blueprint for devolving power
Darlington Economic Campus hailed as a blueprint for regional devolution, while £21m STEM centre aims to boost North East skills..
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The Government needs to take a long hard look at the way it delivers the Sustainable Farming Incentive
The Government’s lacklustre handling of the latest Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) window should set alarm bells ringing across Whitehall. Ministers at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) should be demanding answers as to why the window for applications closed in less than six hours.
