
Tim Iredale
Editor at BBC
Political Editor at BBC One Yorks & Links
BBC Political Editor for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Presenter of Politics North #bbcpn
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bbc.com | Sharon Edwards |Tim Iredale |Emma J. Petrie
Council leader 'will not take diversity training'Sharon Edwards, Tim Iredale and Emma PetrieBBCLincolnshire County Council leader councillor Sean Matthews told BBC Politics North he plans to "cut out the waste"The new leader of Lincolnshire County Council says he will not take part in diversity training in his new role. Speaking on BBC Politics North, Reform UK's Sean Matthews also said he was not interested in climate change and that his priorities were to save money and "cut out the waste".
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bbc.co.uk | Sharon Edwards |Tim Iredale |Emma J. Petrie
Presenter Tim Iredale asked Bennett if she thought diversity training was a good use of taxpayers' money. She said: "Absolutely, because I think that we have long-term historical prejudices, long-term historical discrimination. "Fixing that is not just the right thing to do morally, it's the thing that ensures that we have the best possible council services, that we are able to engage everyone in our community and that the council services meet the needs of everybody in that community.
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yahoo.com | Andrew Barton |Tim Iredale
A Labour MP has said the government "absolutely has to" change course following sweeping gains for Reform UK in England's local elections. Rachael Maskell, the MP for York Central, said policies introduced by the government which had not been in its manifesto had forced voters "to look elsewhere". Reform won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, took control of 10 councils and won mayoral contests in Lincolnshire and Hull and East Yorkshire.
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bbc.co.uk | Andrew Barton |Tim Iredale
A Labour MP has said the government "absolutely has to" change course following sweeping gains for Reform UK in England's local elections. Rachael Maskell, the MP for York Central, said policies introduced by the government which had not been in its manifesto had forced voters "to look elsewhere". Reform won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, took control of 10 councils and won mayoral contests in Lincolnshire and Hull and East Yorkshire.
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bbc.com | Tim Iredale |Emma J. Petrie
Jenkyns: fracking would save money for taxpayersTim Iredale and Emma PetrieBBCDame Andrea Jenkyns was voted in as the first mayor of Greater Lincolnshire on ThursdayThe new mayor of Lincolnshire has said she will be meeting with a fracking company to discuss a business case to extract gas from underground in the county. Dame Andrea Jenkyns said the move would "really save money for the Lincolnshire taxpayers".
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