Bradford Conservatives

The Bradford Council Conservative Group has today tabled budget proposals which include a Council Tax rise of just 1.8% in the next financial year. In 2008-09, the Tory-led authority agreed the lowest increase of any council in Yorkshire and Humber at 2.2%. Explaining the move, Bradford Council Conservative Leader Cllr Kris Hopkins said he believed [...]

Bradford Council Conservative Leader Kris Hopkins has put forward a draft 10-point plan which he believes will serve as a very useful guide for parents with children who are underachieving at Greenhead High School in Keighley. Cllr Hopkins intends to discuss the plan with interested parents together with representatives of the school, local educationalists and [...]

The strength of the local financial services sector and the relatively low costs of doing business in Bradford provide a strong case for Northern Rock to relocate its headquarters to the district, according to Bradford Council’s Executive Member for the Economy Cllr Adrian Naylor also said he believed it was vital that Bradford & Bingley [...]

Bradford City ward councillor Munir Ahmed has resigned from the Labour Party to join the Conservatives. He will now take the Conservative Whip and sit as a member of the Conservative Group in City Hall. Cllr Ahmed said: “Over the past few months, I have become increasingly disillusioned with the policy direction of the Labour [...]

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 [...]