Government reforms to create an England wide system of strategic planning, and speed up decision-making at a local level, won’t mean better decision-making unless the Labour government also strengthens capacity and accountability in combined authorities, warns a new Institute for Government report.

South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and York and North Yorkshire Mayors sign new White Rose Agreement to champion Yorkshire and work together on key areas Focus on good growth, promoting Yorkshire, improving rail connectivity, improving cross-border bus services, and keeping communities safe

The average unsecured debt per UK adult continued to rise throughout 2024, standing at £4,287 per person. It shows no signs of slowing down either. Indeed, the past two decades has seen household debt only increase since 2004, when money owed from homes collectively surpassed £1 trillion for the first time. Today it is more than double that amount.

The charity, Food the Brain, is hosting the first Smart Kids Conference. Taking place on 24th April 2025, the theme of the conference is ‘Neurodivergence – don’t just normalise it.

A new survey from the MS Society/Opinium has revealed only one in five UK adults know multiple sclerosis (MS) is most likely to be diagnosed in people in their 30s and 40s. With misunderstandings and misconceptions about the condition making life harder for people with MS, the charity spoke to more than 2,000 people around the UK to find out what awareness is like.

Tractor Fest returns to North Yorkshire this summer, marking its 19th anniversary as the UK’s largest tractor festival. Newby Hall, near Ripon, will host the famous tractor spectacle over the weekend of Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 June 2025.

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is calling on railway enthusiasts and supporters to help bring a piece of history back to life. The much-loved locomotive, The Green Knight (No. 75029), has been out of service since 2015 due to a significant crack in its firebox.

LGBTQ+ people are twice as likely to experience hidden homelessness than their non-LGBTQ+ peers, according to new national research. Of those surveyed, 1 in 4 LGBTQ+ people had experienced homelessness, compared to official government figure of 4%. This rose to 1 in 3 for trans and non-binary youth. Mainstream services are struggling to meet the needs of LGBTQ+ young people, with 50% of young people coming to akt reporting a poor experience of other services.

Main findings Unpaid overtime is an issue for millions of workers: 3.8 million people did unpaid overtime in 2024, putting in an average of 7.2 unpaid hours a week. For those workers, that’s equivalent on average to £8,000 a year of wages going unpaid for work done.