‘Resilience’ is a word that is thrown around with abandon, a staple of pep talks and motivational posters. Joe Batley makes it a more tangible concept. Along Batley’s journey to this season, the best ...
Kirklees Council has said it is in the “final stages” of Batley’s multi-million-pound revamp, with nearly £2m already spent ...
Work to reconstruct a historic railway underbridge in West Yorkshire is moving ahead under tightly controlled heritage and construction ...
Party throws its weight behind Kim Leadbeater as Keir Starmer’s team fear backbench revolt if she loses Senior Labour figures believe the party has only a 5% to 10% chance of holding the West ...
The Batley and Spen by-election was a close contest that went right down to the wire with few commentators risking calling the result before it was announced. At 5:25am it was declared. Kim Leadbeater ...
Jo Cox is still held in high regard in Batley and Spen. Alighting at Batley station, there is a huge picture of her, helping volunteers clean up the platforms. The Labour MP's murder in nearby ...
It is a political truism in the UK that foreign policy issues don't swing elections. Ordinary people, supposedly, are motivated by "bread and butter" issues around housing, schools, and law and order, ...
It is clear that voters’ differing views on religion, immigration and national identity are still a problem for the party Expecting the unexpected has become part of the brief when covering British ...
Victory stops abysmal run of results for Sir Keir Starmer but party majority almost wiped out Tony Diver is The Telegraph's Political Editor. He has won several awards for his reporting on Westminster ...