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Plans have been submitted to build a solar farm near on the border of Wakefield and Doncaster at South Elmsall. Image: Louise Burns

Opposition to major cross-border solar farm at South Elmsall

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Opposition councillors in Wakefield have put forward a motion calling for Chancellor Rachel Reeves to be sacked.

Wakefield opposition motion calls for Chancellor Rachel Reeves to be sacked

Cabinet members are expected to adopt a medium-term financial strategy which sets out a timeline for delivering a balanced budget when they meet on Tuesday (October 15).

Opposition accuse Labour leadership of 'financial incompetence'

Pete Girt and Rachel Speak, Lib Dem councillors for Knottingley ward on Wakefield Council

Councillors call for senior politicians to resign over care home ‘debacle’

Opposition councillors have called for a Wakefield Council cabinet member to resign over a decision to shut down a care home for residents with dementia.

‘A total fiasco’: Call for resignation over Hazel Garth care home failures

The site is located southeast of the Normanton bypass. Picture by Google

Residents battle against plan for battery energy facility

The pitch

School’s controversial floodlit football pitch plan recommended for approval

RAF Scampton could be transformed into housing for asylum seekers - but locals aren’t happy

Row as historic RAF base could be used to house 1,500 asylum seekers

The sculpture, by artist Jason Wilsher-Mills, is earmarked for a site near to the cathedral and the entrance to The Ridings shopping centre.

Opposition to ‘Love God’ statue near to Wakefield Cathedral grows

Opposition parties have called for a reduction in the proposed maximum council tax increase and the funding of mini-buses to serve residents in rural areas.

Wakefield budget: Opposition parties call for reduced council tax increase

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged health leaders at an emergency meeting to take "bold and radical" action to alleviate the winter crisis in the NHS. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

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Kwasi Kwarteng has cut his trip to the International Monetary Fund in Washington, USA short.

Will Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announce a budget U-turn today?

Residents are making their feelings known.

Homes plan 'could double' size of village, residents fear

Coun Jeffery strongly refuted the suggestion Labour was seeking to duck scrutiny by cancelling the meeting.

Council leader accuses Opposition of playing politics with Covid crisis

‘If your telescope is really good, perhaps you’ll even make out the swirling clouds of Jupiter’s upper atmosphere’ (Photo: JPL/NASA/Getty Images

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Coun Ahmed had led the Tory group in Opposition for seven years.

Wakefield Council's Conservative group leader ousted by party in coup

Contractors fixing the academy's leaky roof were forced off site for several months, but were still paid nearly half-a-million pounds for the time they were unable to work.

Independent inquiry into council's school roof contract close to completion

The identity of who would occupy the proposed the drive-thru has not been revealed, with the applicants saying they've spoken to a number of potential operators.

Opposition mounts against mystery Castleford drive-thru

Went Edge Quarry's owners claim any impact the development has would be "negligible".

Opposition mounts against controversial quarry expansion

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer with the party's West Yorkshire mayoral candidate Tracy Brabin on Thursday.

West Yorkshire Labour mayor would be 'big step' towards rebuilding red wall, Sir...

Labour leader Keir Starmer will address the nation tonight - here’s how to watch

The south-side quarry site from Ferry Lane bridge.

Opposition continues to mount over Stanley quarry plans

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MPs have voted against maintaining food hygiene and animal welfare standards in ...

The Prime Minister's chief adviser, Dominic Cummings (left), invited "weirdos and misfits" to apply for jobs in Downing Street.

Dominic Cummings' 'misfits and weirdos' quote triggers angry exchanges in Wakefi...

Coun Ahmed said the local authority needed to "slow down" its carbon neutral programme.

Wakefield's green agenda stifling business says Tory councillor, who says he's '...

Wakefield Council has pledged to be a carbon neutral organisation by 2030.

Carbon neutral plan will have 'no impact' without countries taking action, Wakef...
Wakefield Council's carbon neutral plan has received cross party support, despite the Leader of the Opposition suggesting it will make no impact without international action.
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