This year’s Jobs Fair saw around 50 employers gather at the York Rail Institute on the 6th of October to offer new jobs and careers to the hundreds of visitors in attendance.
York Liberal Democrat councillors have warned of an unfair ‘tax bombshell’ that could be passed to local communities, as Government continues to fail to live up to its promises to ‘fix social care’.
Council Leader Keith Aspden has written to the Health Secretary to ask for continued long term funding for local testing and contract tracing to be delivered at least until end of March 2022.
York Lib Dem councillors have hit out at comments made by the Conservative Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner in the wake of the Sarah Everards’s horrifying murder, calling for his resignation.
The Liberal Democrats have published figures showing that 36,340 of State Pensioners in York are set to be impacted by the Government breaking its manifesto promise and suspending the triple lock on pensions.
Councillor Keith Aspden and the Fulford and Heslington ward committee have supported Fulford’s St Oswald's Primary School’s 250th birthday by granting £1,500 from its ward budget for an anniversary project, which displays the original school foundation stones.
The Council’s Executive are set to receive a report on the results of the York Outer Ring Road dualling consultation, which saw 79% of respondents support the project.
Responding to the Budget 2021 set out by the Chancellor today Cllr Andrew Waller, Liberal Democrat Executive Member for Economy and Strategic Planning, commented:
Proposals put forward by the Liberal Democrat and Green Partnership, to stabilise Council’s financial position and invest in frontline services, social care and city’s economic recovery, have been given the go-ahead following agreement at Full Council this evening (25 February).
