TRACY Brabin, the new Metro Mayor of West Yorkshire, will be attending the first meeting of Bradford Council’s Executive since last month’s election on Tuesday. The meeting will establish how the Executive and the new Metro Mayor can work together to drive economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic across the district and the region. Bradford Council will be the first local authority the new Metro Mayor has visited since the election. Susan Hinchcliffe, Leader of Bradford Council, said: “I want to welcome Mayor Brabin to Bradford and extend my congratulations to her on her election as the first Metro Mayor of West Yorkshire and the first female Metro Mayor in the country. The new role will bring a focus to our region as we work together to hold the government to account on its promise of levelling up.
Keighley bus station A £1.6 MILLION grant could help upgrade the 100 buses in Bradford that currently do not meet clean air standards. Bus companies providing services in the Bradford District are being invited to apply for grants to make their vehicles cleaner and produce less pollution. It is part of a major effort to tackle Bradford s illegal levels of air pollution. The Clean Air Bus Fund will provide £1.632m worth of grants to help businesses meet Clean Air Zone standards ahead of its launch in the district in January. The CAZ will see the most polluting vehicles, including older buses, HGVs, vans and taxis, charged a daily fee to enter the City Centre, the Canal Road Corridor and parts of Shipley.
Councillor Sue Duffey COUNCILLOR Sue Duffy (Lab, Thornton and Allerton) has been named as the new Executive Member for Children and Families at Bradford Council. She fills the role left vacant after the previous portfolio holder, Councillor Adrian Farley, lost his seat on the Council at this month s local elections. The portfolio includes Children s Services - a department that is attempting to turn itself around after being judged inadequate by Ofsted in 2018. Cllr Duffy, a councillor for Thornton and Allerton ward since 2015, has held a number of positions including Chair of Employee Appeals for the past five years, Deputy Chair of Corporate Scrutiny, on school appeals and as Executive Assistant she has been working with Public Health on the Living Well strategy. She has also taken on a number of outside responsibilities including Chair of school governors at Sandy Lane Primary, on West Yorkshire Joint Services Committee and on Yorkshire and Humber Employers Associati
The promised land of City Hall dominates the skyline as over 150 candidates aim for a seat on the Council THE leader of Bradford Council has criticised the fact that a new pot of Government funding will require local areas to compete against each other. In March the Government announced the UK Community Renewal Fund - a £220 million pot of cash to help “support people and communities most in need.” Bradford was named as one of many priority areas for the fund, based on “an index of economic resilience.” It means schemes in Bradford are more likely to be awarded funding than lower priority areas, including Leeds.
TWO district MPs have secured a meeting with Government ministers to discuss their campaign to break away from Bradford and create a new council area. Shipley MP Philip Davies and Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore want their constituencies to break away from Bradford Council and see a new authority formed, which they believe will better suit the needs of their constituents. But Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe, Leader of Bradford Council, has said it is sad the two MPs are spreading division and disharmony . Speaking in Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Davies criticised Bradford Council and called for a meeting to discuss breakaway plans.