York’s Conservative councillors have criticised the decision of the Liberal Democrat and Green coalition to introduce two new ‘Special Responsibility Allowances’ of £15,600 and respectively £5,200. These will go to the extra Executive Member and the chair of the new Climate Change Committee.

Julian Sturdy, Member of Parliament for York Outer, yesterday asked for clarification from the Government on the progress of City of York Council’s bid for infrastructure funding to unlock the York Central site for redevelopment.

Work is beginning on Lowfield Green, the first of eight sites included in the council's biggest house building programme since the 1970s.

Strensall Conservative Councillor Paul Doughty and fellow Campaigner Sian Wiseman are giving their full support to calls from local residents to lower the 60mph national speed limit section through Towthorpe, for the section of Towthorpe Road between the junction with Strensall Road and the end o

Conservative Strensall ward councillor Paul Doughty and Earswick parish councillor Sian Wiseman, who last week raised concerns about the fate of the Strensall Barracks site following environmental concerns which saw it removed from CYC's Local Plan, have today welcomed the decision by the Defence

The latest report from the leading independent policy think tank Centre for Cities has named York as having the second lowest high street vacancy rate in the country for 2017/18.

Explore Libraries and Archives Mutual Limited will be re-appointed to deliver York’s flagship libraries and archives’ services over the next 15 years, fulfilling the Conservative-led administration’s commitment to fully fund library services for the term of that contract.

Work on the much awaited footpath along Green Lane will begin next month, which will ensure that pedestrians will no longer have to needlessly cross Green Lane twice. 

A new milestone was reached this week in Conservative-led City of York Council's ambitious plans to reduce delays on York's Outer Ring Road as the upgrade to the Wetherby Road roundabout has now been completed. 

Earlier this month, Conservative MP for York Outer Julian Sturdy met with Rob Stoneman, Chief Exec of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT) at a very wintery Askham Bog to discuss their objections to the proposed development site on Moor Lane and hear more about YMT’s vision for an ambitious Environ