Cash seized from criminals set to be re-invested into West Yorkshire communities
Half a million pounds of cash recovered from criminals is to be re-invested into community safety projects.
"The Chancellor speaks about a compassionate and balanced approach, but in reality he plunges communities in West Yorkshire into a bleak and uncertain future."
17 November 2022
"The Chancellor speaks about a compassionate and balanced approach, but in reality he plunges communities in West Yorkshire into a bleak and uncertain future.
"Our common enemy should be inflation and inequality, yet Jeremy Hunt has taken aim at levelling up with his u-turn on Northern Powerhouse Rail in full, and by forcing local authorities to hike Council Tax to plug the blackhole in their budgets.
"Despite the Chancellor’s rhetoric, record levels of inflation will have a devastating impact on public services as we enter into a recession."
Half a million pounds of cash recovered from criminals is to be re-invested into community safety projects.
"Tackling knife crime can only be achieved in partnership and it is events like this that allow us to recognise the gaps and meet the challenges"
"I welcome today’s sentence and that all those responsible for the shocking murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky have been brought to justice."