Cllr Perrett News Today

A ROW has erupted between councillors over playgrounds in York. Labour councillors have accused the ruling Liberal Democrats of “quietly dropping” a scheme to fund upgrades to play areas based on how broken down the playgrounds are. They say that the Lib Dems have instead put more cash to upgrading playgrounds in their own constituencies. But the Lib Dems say all councillors, community groups and housing associations were invited to bid for cash from the funding pot, if match fundin...

York Central MP Rachael Maskell, who is organising a Zoom meeting to try to tackle post-pandemic loneliness YORK Central MP Rachael Maskell is inviting constituents to a Zoom public meeting to discuss how to tackle loneliness after Covid. The Shadow Minister for Civil Society and Loneliness says she is holding the meeting because she has been contacted by a large number of people telling her they feel lonely, isolated and scared as the country eases out of its third national lockdown. She...