Rural Issues
Rural Yorkshire covers our costal communities, our farmland, the North York Moors, the Yorkshire Dales and accessible areas close to major cities. it is diverse in terms of the age of the local population, the diversity of local economic activity and the provision of services and infrastructure.
We believe this should be clearly reflected in any decision making process, whether it concerns fracking, wind-farms, education, health, commerce, agriculture, fishing or any other important areas of rural life.
By voting for Yorkshire First you are voting to back our plan for fairness for rural Yorkshire:
- We will support more grassroots participation in decision making, especially in areas like the rollout of broadband, transport infrastructure, housing, planning, health and support for businesses.
- We will invest in alternative broadband solutions for communities not covered by the national roll-out.
- We will commit to ensuring that a proportional of affordable housing is included in all major housing developments in rural Yorkshire.
- We will support the National Farmers Union’s plan for a comprehensive agri-food strategy to increase the UK’s food production.
orkshire First represents people from both ‘stay’ and ‘leave’ sides of the EU Referendum debate.
We share a common belief in the importance of securing the best deal for Yorkshire, be that within or separate from the European Union.
The European Union represents an opportunity for nations and regions, such as Yorkshire, to have their voices heard at an international level.
However, the EU, founded on its original Treaties by agreement between old style centralised nation states, has become out of date and out of touch. The governments of these centralized nation states have too often neglected the needs of the nations and regions they are elected to represent – such is the case for Yorkshire.
Current negotiations offer little with regard to the democratising reform which we seek. We believe that, regardless of the EU Referendum result, Europe must be democratised – local and regional first, national and European where appropriate and beneficial for all the people’s of Europe.
Yorkshire First will work with our European neighbours, in the European Free Alliance (EFA) to secure greater representation for our region and the best deal for its economy, environment and people.
Yorkshire First members will vote according to their conscience in the EU Referendum. In addition, we will encourage debate and discussion in the sure knowledge that democracy is about more decisions being made by people, not politicians – a belief that we can create a better future by trusting in the people.
Background information – Yorkshire Ridings Society
Our pledge for Yorkshire is adapted from the Yorkshire Ridings Society declaration.
The YRS declaration is read out every Yorkshire Day. We respect it and support it wholeheartedly.
However, we feel that the fight for Yorkshire to have more powers means the declaration must be built upon.
In 1977 the society’s founding committee published What future for Yorkshire? in reply to the Government’s white paper on devolution. It proposed as a “starting point”, among other things :
- County-wide services to be provided by a “consortium” of district councils
- A Yorkshire Provincial Assembly to cover the pre-1974 Yorkshire Ridings
It is time for Yorkshire to demand more from the UK government. A governing solution that works for Yorkshire.
Their current aims are;
- Roadside boundary signs to mark the Ridings
- A Yorkshire address for all parts of Yorkshire
- Accurate representation of Yorkshire in all respects
- Local government to more closely reflect Yorkshire’s true geography
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