About time that @RachealMaskell MP and York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayor David Skaife did something to help traders besieged by the new higher parking charges in York.

York Council is tying itself in knots with its new equality strategy. Political views will be a "protected characteristic" What about the local fascist?. No mention in the report of the High Court judgment on Trans. Survey results based on 500 responses! democracy.york.gov.uk/documents/s183…

York MP Maskell tweets saying Labour has no moral purpose. The few activists they have left are delivering leaflets backing her while admitting that the height of their ambition is "no more cuts to public service standards". Meanwhile, a full-scale bust-up with traders is brewing

Be interesting to see whether Labour now revise their policy on the introduction of a proportional voting system. The best bulwark against extremists forming an uncompromising government. Even an AV system could have produced different Mayoral results

Surprise announcement by York Council. Blundering executive Councillors are set to keep their £31K a year sinecures. Includes transport boss Ravilious who is responsible for parking charge meltdown & zero progress on road repairs. Just how bad do they have to be to get the sack?

York's Labour Executive Councillors are due to review their disastrous car parking charge hike at a meeting on Tuesday. Yet, despite being on the agenda published by the Council, no proposals have been included. Questionable legality for a key decision. democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocument…

New charges now published. The minimal changes will satisfy no one.

York Council have published a leaflet urging residents to Email [email protected] with their views on a new development at "Little Lowfield". Residents doing so find that their emails bounce back to them unread.

Quick, get the Maypole up. A wildflower has been spotted on the bar walls. Urgent. It may soon disappear under the creeping thistles.

Meanwhile in Darlington an increase from £1.00 to £1.20 an hour for parking has been labeled as "disgraceful"! thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/25199524.…

4 hours street parking in Leeds (Saturday) £2.70 In York £21.20 York Labour running City of York Council have decided to force motorists to shop elsewhere, as let's be real, this is what will happen Result last 4 weeks York shops trading 10-16% down Please 👍 to show trader support

The Press Utter bullshit! They haven't given data of sales since increase. This is pure fantasy figures The huge falls in trade make me think they're turning away visitors at an alarming rate! They'll make less in parking revenue this year anyway!

20% salary increase for one York Council Director as other staff face redundancy. democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocument…

According to York Tories a review of Councillor numbers and ward boundaries may be coming to York. The last review was in 2014, but powers and responsibilities have since moved to the Mayor (wrongly in our view). We don't need 47 local Councillors. 20 single-member wards would do

Digital bus shelter advertising screens proposed for sites across York. Impartiality of planning process brought into question westfieldnewsfocus.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/yor…

Chickens roosting. Fake "anger" of local Labour MP and Holgate Cllr over the lack of pedestrian crossings near Acomb Primary school (Acomb Rd & Hamilton Drive) in 2023 (just before local elections). Sites now confirmed as low and very low priorities in new report to Labour Exec.

So it appears that the City of York Council boycott of Twitter (X) has ended. Only lasted 6 weeks! democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocument…

So City of York Council and their agent Bauer advertising want to install living roofs on the new bus shelters. Seriously? They can't find time to clear weeds from around existing shelters or even the City Walls. What hope that someone is going to lift the Qualcast up to trim a roof?

So the investment promises made to influence the vote on adopting a Mayoral system, have proved to be bogus. Yet the extra tier of govenrnment is costing taxpayers millions. How do we get out of this mess?

Looks like they've chnged their minds again. Twitter (X) becomng a Labour free zone. How will we manage without the deputy Council Leaders home movies. Great news for opposition Councillors though.