MPs who previously supported the assisted dying bill have announced that they will change their vote after a major safeguard ...

The Batley and Spen by-election will be held on 1 July, it has been confirmed. It was triggered after the previous MP Tracy Brabin had to stand down when she was elected as West Yorkshire's mayor.

Batley and Spen MP Kim Leadbeather has said proposed changes to the assisted dying bill will provide a greater role for psychiatrists and social workers and make the process safer, despite opponents ...

Sir Keir Starmer has declared "Labour is back" after the party held on at the Batley and Spen by-election. The Labour leader headed to the West Yorkshire constituency to celebrate Kim Leadbeater's ...

"Officers from the Batley and Spen Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) have also been conducting reassurance patrols in the area and will continue to do so over the coming weekend. "Anyone who saw a ...

Kirklees Council’s cabinet will be asked to approve the increase as part of a draft budget at their meeting on Tuesday (February 11). The final budget will then be agreed at a formal meeting of all ...

Batley and Spen: Former Coronation Street actress Tracy Brabin was one of two candidates hoping to be selected as Labour’s candidate for the by-election called after the murder of Jo Cox. The ...

LABOUR won a landslide victory in the by-election in the Batley and Spen constituency of the late Jo Cox yesterday while the far-right parties lost their deposits. Nine other candidates, including the ...

Cox was murdered in her constituency of Batley and Spen by a terrorist in the run-up to the 2016 Brexit referendum. Despite calls for change following the murder, Leadbeater said there had been an ...

Councillors are at the centre of a crackdown on antisocial behaviour as efforts are upped to put a stop to vandalism, arson attacks and drug dealing.