Bradford Conservatives

The following statement was issued earlier today by Cllr Kris Hopkins, Leader of the Bradford Council Conservative Group, in response to the announcement of the Local Government Financial Settlement: “Given that the average funding increase announced for English local authorities is 4.2%, I am obviously very disappointed that, at 3.6%, the amount awarded to Bradford [...]

The Government’s decision to increase employers’ National Insurance contributions by 0.5% from April 2011 will cost Bradford Council at least £1.5 million a year, its Conservative Leader has revealed. Cllr Kris Hopkins added that the increase in petrol duty – also announced by the Chancellor in yesterday’s Pre-Budget Report – will lead to much higher [...]

The Government may have to intervene to force energy companies to lower their prices, Bradford Council Conservative Leader Kris Hopkins has said. “One in five families and one in three pensioner households in this country is living in fuel poverty, and this is simply wrong in today’s world,” said Cllr Hopkins. “The energy regulator Ofgem [...]

The ADL SmartAssist website was set up last year by Bradford Council’s Adult Service in partnership with ADL Smartcare. It enables people to find out whether their lives would be improved by specialist equipment without them having to leave the house or make an appointment with an occupational therapist. Coun Dale Smith, Executive Member for [...]

The Government’s decision to drastically cut the numbers of students eligible to receive a maintenance grant has been strongly condemned by the Bradford Council Conservative Leader. Cllr Kris Hopkins said confirmation that the family income upper limit would be reduced from £60,000 to £50,020 in 2009 would hit a significant proportion of young people across [...]

A Bradford Council-run service which helps fund services to enable vulnerable people to live more independent lives. Supporting People (SP) which receives £19.2 million from the Government to fund services which help vulnerable adults live independently and is endeavouring to raise awareness of how the programme helps people, who can benefit from its support and [...]

Craven Conservative councillor Michael Kelly is set to become Bradford Council’s new Executive Member for Services to Children and Young People. His name will go forward for approval at a meeting of full Council in Bradford City Hall tomorrow afternoon. Cllr Kelly currently serves as Deputy Chair of both the Council’s Health Improvement Committee and [...]

Conservative Party Leader David Cameron was in Ilkley today to repeat his demand that the Labour Government apologises to Equitable Life policyholders and sets up a payment scheme to compensate them for their losses. Accompanied by Kris Hopkins, the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Keighley and Ilkley, Mr Cameron travelled to Ilkley Town Hall to meet [...]

Eccleshill councillor Colin McPhee has resigned from the Bradford Council Liberal Democrat Group to join the Conservatives. Cllr McPhee will now take the Conservative Whip and sit as a member of the Conservative Group in City Hall. The Conservative Leader of Bradford Council, Cllr Kris Hopkins, said he was delighted to welcome Cllr McPhee to [...]

Bradford Council Leader Kris Hopkins has paid tribute to the President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir at a special reception held in the city’s Hilton Hotel. Cllr Hopkins, also the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Keighley, said he was delighted to be able to welcome President Raja Zulqarnain Khan to the district which he said, [...]