Households are tired of carrying the can for water companies
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Read moreDetailsJon Trickett is the MP for Normanton and Hemsworth (previously Hemsworth, a seat held continuously by Labour since the end of the First World War). Jon has lived in Yorkshire all his life, attending university in Hull and then Leeds, and working initially as a builder and a plumber. Prior to being elected to parliament, he served as a councillor on Leeds City Council between 1984 and 1996, becoming leader of Leeds Council in 1989. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1996, representing former mining communities in the heart of Yorkshire.
Yorkshire Water’s hosepipe ban is a symptom of a broken system – it’s time to take back control of our...
Read moreDetailsBritain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public...
Read moreDetailsIn Yorkshire, the community comes together in times of need
Read moreDetailsWealth doesn’t trickle down by itself. An active state must ensure wealth is distributed fairly and public services funded properly
Read moreDetailsThe lack of public transport in our towns and villages is a huge issue, says West Yorkshire MP Jon Trickett....
Read moreDetailsJon Trickett, MP for Hemsworth, sets out a new approach to development that would result in more affordable housing and...
Read moreDetailsJon Trickett MP documents the soaring rise in homelessness across both Yorkshire and Humber and the country at large
Read moreDetailsCovid has widened not just health inequality in the short term, but exposed the wider gaps of our unfair society
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