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Members of Granny Lane Area Action Group (GLAAG) by meadowland in Hopton Bottom, near Mirfield, destined for housing

Mirfield residents reiterate flooding concerns and call out council’s new policy

Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield

'Serious concern' as 55,000 patients on waiting list at Mid-Yorkshire NHS Trust

The council attributes its financial difficulties to the cost of living crisis, inflation and an increasing demand on council services

Dire state of Kirklees Council’s finances revealed as it needs to save £47m

Cleckheaton Folk Festival organisers and supporters pictured outside Cleckheaton Town Hall earlier this year

Hundreds sign Cleckheaton Town Hall petition amid rumours of building's closure

Jacqui Gedman, Kirklees Council's chief executive

Kirklees Council announces 750 job losses as part of £47million budget cuts

From the left are Alan Gill, Elsie Lee, four, Eileen Gill, Deanna Norman, Kathy Aveyard, Steve Cowan, Jim Saville, Dennis Stanley, Dave Minich and Janice Minich, organisers and supporters of Cleckheaton Folk Festival pictured earlier this year when the 2023 event had to be cancelled. Now they face further disapppointment as doubts are already being cast on whether Cleckheaton Town Hall will be available for next year's festival

Cleckheaton Folk Festival at risk for second year due to town hall repair work

180 new houses have been approved just off Stone Street in Cleckheaton.

Cleckheaton to get 180 new homes as plans approved by council

Travellers’ vehicles queuing on Old Bank Road in Mirfield as they wait to enter a recreation ground

Council applies for court order to remove travellers from land in Mirfield

Members of Granny Lane Area Action Group (GLAAG) by meadowland in Hopton Bottom, near Mirfield, destined for housing

Building 'imminent' on water meadow in Mirfield after boundary wall removed

Voters will go to the polls on Thursday, May 5

Kirklees elections: Conservatives chase Labour in race to win key seat

Voters will go to the polls on Thursday, May 5

Voters in Batley preparing for a second election in less than a year
Ten months after the febrile atmosphere of the Batley and Spen by-election, voters are gearing up for the local elections on Thursday, May 5.

Coun John Lawson with ward colleague Coun Kath Pinnock close to the proposed Amazon site at Scholes near the M62

Lib Dems say they have not spoken to Tories about a council coalition

Kyiv residents and volunteers stand on top of APC while they prepare a rear post with trenches in Kyiv. Photo: Getty Images

Kirklees Council begins talks with Ukrainian community about support needed

Last month the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced a one-off payment to help people shoulder the burden of cost of living rises caused by huge hikes in energy bills

A third of households in Kirklees may have to apply to get £150 tax rebate

Land at Tithe House Way, Bradley, which has been allocated for housing

Kirklees Council misses house-building target by more than 500 homes

Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Kirklees Conservatives adopt cautious stance over Prime Minister’s future

Council housing at Holays, Dalton

Kirklees Council faces a £13m bill to buy new fire doors for its properties

Council binman filmed urinating against residents’ bins. Kirklees Council has issued an apology.

Outrage as Kirklees refuse collector caught urinating on roadside bins

Birstall and Birkenshaw councillor Charlotte Goodwin,

Birstall and Birkenshaw councillor resigns from her post

Welcome to Yorkshire's chief executive James Mason

Kirklees Council commits to back beleaguered tourism agency Welcome to Yorkshire

Councillor Shabir Pandor

Review to begin into Kirklees statues and monuments

Tim Bamford, is adopted as the Conservative candidate in the local Kirklees Council elections

Election candidate chosen by the Dewsbury Conservative Association accused of “i...