Wakefield Labour

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'

Councillor Graham Isherwood

Councillor suspended by party for protest against plans for 1,000 new homes

Wakefield MP Simon Lightwood (right) with Stuart Heptinstall, councillor for Wakefield East ward, beside the river Calder

Call for action as Aire and Calder rivers ranked as most polluted in the UK

A standards committee said Nadiah Sharp brought her office into disrepute after she accepted two code of conduct of breaches.

Wakefield councillor must to apologise for 'disrespecting' officers

The local authority confirmed today that it has been informed by the Home Office that arrangements are being made to accommodate more newly-arrived asylum seekers to the city.

Plan to house more asylum seekers at Wakefield hotel

WAKEFIELD, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Labour Party candidate Simon Lightwood is declared winner of the Wakefield by-election on June 24, 2022 in Wakefield, England. The by-election was called in Wakefield after the seat became vacant when Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan was convicted of child sexual assault. Politicos are watching the by-election as an indicator of how Boris Johnson's "partygate" travails may be affecting his party's prospect at the ballot box. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

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Wakefield Labour councillor Nadiah Sharp is to face a party disciplinary hearing after supporting taxi drivers when they staged a Town Hall protest.

Councillor facing party disciplinary hearing over support for taxi drivers

Councillor Usman Ali accused his Conservative opponents of being the 'Harold Shipman fan club' during a debate on the cost of living crisis.

Labour councillor accuses Tory opponents of being the 'Harold Shipman fan club'

Managers of the fund have drawn criticism for investing in oil and gas companies.

Further calls for public pension fund to abandon fossil fuel stakes

Plans to make ID compulsory for voters have been met with anger.

Voter ID checks an 'attack on democracy', Wakefield Labour says

Council meetings will soon resume in person here, at County Hall.

'Sinister and undemocratic' changes to council meetings criticised

Coun Jeffery said the results in Wakefield were "disappointing" for Labour.

Wakefield Council leader calls on Labour 'to get its act together'

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'Leeds Bradford Airport expansion will damage environment' - Wakefield councillo...

Councillors Ahmed and Jeffery with Jenny Thompson from Qubana.

Wakefield Labour and Conservative leaders team up to help bars, pub and restaura...

Coun Taylor was sacked as the deputy chair of Wakefield's licensing committee for the posts.

Labour condemns councillor over 'inappropriate' social media posts and says he's...

Councillor Taylor has represented Featherstone on Wakefield Council since 2010.

Wakefield Labour councillor and former mayor disciplined over string of social m...
A Labour councillor has been disciplined by his party over a string of recent social media posts.
David Spereall

Council leader Denise Jeffery has received plaudits for her response to recent flooding in Wakefield.

Tory councillor praises Wakefield Labour leader's 'unbelievable' response to dev...

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...

Wakefield has its first Conservative MP since 1931, after a shock general election result.

Wakefield Labour MP loses seat in shock general election result

Transport chiefs are to meet the Department of Work and Pensions to discuss bus provisions in West Yorkshire.

Bus-service frustration with areas still ‘cut off’

A report last year said that young people were being held back in the jobs market because of poor service in parts of the Wakefield district.

'Bus services unable to keep pace with housebuilding' in Wakefield

George Ayre resigned from his deputy Cabinet role after leading an attempted coup against Peter Box last month.

Labour rebel tells council leader Peter Box to resign

Tory candidate Nic Stansby makes her winning speech.

Labour remain in control of Wakefield Council after 2018 local election result

Labour's Tom Watson on campaign trail in Wakefield

MP Mary Creagh.

The race is on the win votes after election called