Plans to increase Kirklees councillors’ pay by almost a third have been branded “outrageous” by a leading Liberal Democrat peer who says the huge pay hike cannot be justified when people are struggling with the cost of living crisis.
Labour has begun its process of finding a candidate to replace veteran Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman, who is standing down at the next general election.
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A SENIOR Tory has attacked Kirklees Council for its perennial policy of cancelling bin collections over Christmas. Clr David Hall, who leads the Conservative group, said of West Yorkshire’s five local authorities only Kirklees was not planning to empty household bins between Christmas and New Year. The council announced on December 11 that bin collections will continue as normal up to and including Christmas Eve but will then cease before resuming as normal from January 4. The break means most households will have the equivalent of one fewer bin collection over the festive period, which may be grey or green depending on their collection schedule.