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A COUNCIL will consider returning to face-to-face meetings, despite remote sessions having cut councillors' mileage claims by the equivalent of…

Cllr Geoff Webber who has died TRIBUTES have been paid to a North Yorkshire councillor who is remembered as a "champion for his community". Cllr Geoff Webber, the Liberal Democrat group leader on North Yorkshire County Council, died on Thursday, March 11.  Fellow councillors have paid tribute to Cllr Webber, who represented Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge division on the county council. County council leader Cllr Carl Les said: “I am very saddened to hear of Geoff’s death and my thoughts are with his wife and family at this time.  “Geoff and I served on the county council fo...

RESIDENTS whose incomes have been poleaxed by the pandemic will face an extra council tax burden because of the Government’s repeated failure to introduce reforms of social care, a meeting has heard. Councillors from across North Yorkshire’s political spectrum expressed frustration over the continuing reliance on local authorities to fund care homes as an overwhelming majority of county council members agreed to raise council tax by 3.49 per cent for the coming year. As a result of the vote at a full meeting of the council an average Band D council tax will rise to £1,411.05 for 20...

RESIDENTS whose incomes have been poleaxed by the pandemic will face an extra council tax burden because of the Government’s repeated failure to introduce reforms of social care, a meeting has heard. Councillors from across North Yorkshire’s political spectrum expressed frustration over the continuing reliance on local authorities to fund care homes as an overwhelming majority of county council members agreed to raise council tax by 3.49 per cent for the coming year. As a result of the vote at a full meeting of North Yorkshire County Council,  an average Band D council tax will ri...

RESIDENTS whose incomes have been poleaxed by the pandemic will face an extra council tax burden because of the Government’s repeated failure to…