Local Politics in Beverley, HU17
MP Graham Stuart has welcomed news that Hornsea is to receive £10,000 to help develop plans to boost the town’s seafront a place he once called depressing.
Mr. Stuart who for some years has been calling for more to be done to support the tourism industry in Hornsea says it will be exciting to see the proposals residents and businesses come up with.
Campaigners across the East Riding will, this Saturday morning, simultaneously launch a petition in defence of care home provision at a number of locations across the region.
The Petition reads ‘Care for the elderly in the East Riding has been rocked by recent announcements of a number of private care home closures. We call upon the Council to enter into immediate discussions with all relevant stakeholders in an effort to secure future provision and retain homes currently in operation.’
Poetry will be at the top of the Agenda when one of Beverley’s social events of the year takes place on 28 January.
Beverley and Holderness’ Burns Night Supper at the town’s Memorial Hall will however be a mixture of poetry and politics with one of the strongest voices in from the Trade Unions heading to Beverley.
Graham Stuart joined East Riding Councillor Jane Evison and a group of constituents as he rode on the Holderness Area Rural Transport (HART) bus to celebrate its achievements and promote its bid to become a registered NHS non-emergency patient transport provider in 2017.
Founded in 2003 to tackle transport needs in Holderness, HART has gone from strength to strength and now has nine vehicles covering the coast from Bempton to Spurn including the market towns of Driffield, Hedon, Withernsea and Hornsea.
Graham Stuart MP will quiz officials from the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership about the progress being made with delivering the Humber Gold Standard for Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance.
Graham, who is a keen advocate of high quality careers education for young people, helped to launch the Humber Gold Standard in 2014.
Leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council Stephen Parnaby suffered a mishap while delivering his update at full council.
During the full council session Cllr Parnaby’s plinth crashed to the floor sending his notes everywhere.
Cllr Denis Healy says disgraced Councillor Dominic Peacock should do the decent thing and resign from East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
His comments came just hours after the a vote held at County Hall in Beverley where members of council from all parties voted calling for him to resign.
Beverley Town Council have voted in favour of calling for disgraced Councillor Dominic Peacock to resign, however not all were keen to see their colleague go.
Cllr Peacock hit the headlines following comments he made on a social media page in reference to memorial fund set up for MP Jo Cox’s family.
Molescroft residents are disappointed that Santa has been unable to give them their new by pass in time for Christmas as they had hoped for.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has no influence over the completion of the works as a result of their decision to allow the housebuilder, Barratt Homes, to manage the building of the road.
The Yorkshire Party wants a halt to fracking throughout the county after a poll of party members backed a motion calling for a ban of the process.
Members of the party were asked to vote on two different motions and by a vote of two to one chose the one which called for an outright ban.
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has welcomed today’s statement by the Education Secretary setting out the details of the national funding formula that will be introduced for English schools from 2018/19.
This marks a major step forward on his campaign for fair school funding, which he has called for ever since he was first elected in 2005. Over 2,200 of Graham’s constituents signed the petition he presented to Parliament on this subject last year.
Councillor, Denis Healy, is in discussion with Beverley Town Centre residents who are objecting to having their lives blighted by what they see as the ever encroaching night time economy in Beverley.
The issue has erupted following an application to change a former ice cream parlour on Sow Hill Road into a “restaurant” with permission to hold regular parties.
Cllr Denis Healy says he never expected to see a slanging match between local politicians and the MP Graham Stuart.
The newly elected Liberal Democrat Councillor for St Mary’s Ward in Beverley was speaking after the protest that was arranged to highlight the possible closure of the East Riding Community Hospital.
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart will visit the NHS Humber Foundation Trust this Friday 9 December.
Graham will meet with the Chief Executive of the Trust, Michele Moran, and take a tour of the facilities at Castle Hill Hospital.
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart is pushing for a fair deal for blue badge clock users with his constituent Katrina Gardner – an active thalidomide campaigner.
Ms Gardner, of Sproatley, is one of many thalidomides who are able to drive without use of their arms and has qualified for the Government’s Blue Badge scheme
There was good news this week for residents on Swinemoor Estate who have been campaigning to preserve the “Mudhills” open space next to Queen Elizabeth playing fields on Burden Road.
Temporary lights that have been causing motorists in Beverley real headache should be removed by end of the day this coming Friday.
Dennis Healy walked to victory in the St Mary’s Ward by-election as the Lib Dems gained a seat from the Conservatives at County Hall.