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Jeremy Hunt will announce the Autumn Statement today. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Watch the Chancellor's autumn statement speech here

Exhausted migrants in Kent. Credit: HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images

Government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is ruled unlawful

Shadwell Childcare was partially closed and relocated this year after controversial RAAC concrete was discovered. Picture: Google

Council to 'fully fund' nursery roof replacement after crumbling concrete found

A picture of Lotherton Hall for illustrative purposes only. There are 115 estates currently waiting to be inherited in Leeds. (Photo by Bruce Rollinson/National World)

The full list of 115 surnames that could land you an unclaimed Leeds estate

A newborn baby in the maternity ward at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey on May 22, 2020 in Frimley, United Kingdom. (Stock Image. Credit: Steve Parsons - Pool/Getty Images)

Bereaved families call for inquiry into NHS maternity services

Heat pumps grant rises to £7.5k as UK Government warned it won’t meet 2050 net zero target

UK government increases heat pumps grant in effort to achieve net zero

It comes as part of £1 billion worth of new funding that the Government is dedicating to bus services across the North and the Midlands. Picture: James Hardisty

Bus services to benefit from £31m funding boost as £2 fare cap to be extended

A general view of scaffolding at Balbardie Primary School on September 04, 2023 in Bathgate, Scotland, after its buildings were found to contain RAAC. Credit: Getty Images

43 more schools found to have crumbly RAAC concrete

Greta Thunberg was among those speaking at the protest in central London. Credit: XR/Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images.

'Oily Money Out': Greta Thunberg joins protesters in central London

Four British nationals who were being held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan have been released and are set to return to the UK on a flight

Four British men freed by Taliban after being detained in Afghanistan

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer pledges to tackle NHS wait times with £1.5bn plan

Dale Vince joins Just Stop Oil activists during a protest by the environmental campaigners in central London. Picture Date: Thursday June 8, 2023. Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Just Stop Oil donor pulls funding over ‘pointless’ further protests

Combustion engine cars would be banned by 2030 but it has been pushed back to 2035. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Government U-turns are going to cost us

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the Government will “reinvest every single penny” into projects across the North. Pictures: WYCA/PA Wire

Council 'cautious' as Sunak pledges £2.5 billion to deliver tram system

Channel 4's Partygate told the story of the lockdown parties inside No.10 Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic. From left, Grace Greenwood (played by Georgie Henley), Alice Lyons (Alice Orr-Ewing), Rory Baskerville (Tom Durant-Pritchard), Annabel D'Acre (Ophelia Lovibond), Josh Fitzmaurice (Hugh Skinner) (Picture: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4)

Channel 4's Partygate should leave you raging

An artists impression of light rail trams trains network public transport system for the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme across the county. Picture: WYCA

Rishi Sunak 'to deliver' mass transit tram system after HS2 train link axed

An unclaimed estate could be buildings, money or personal possessions (Stock image for illustrative purposes by Tony Johnson/National World)

The 115 surnames that could land you an unclaimed estate

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Shadwell Childcare, which operates in the old caretaker’s bungalow at Shadwell Primary School, was partially closed last week after RAAC was discovered. Picture: Gary Longbottom

Council update as nursery roof to be replaced after crumbling concrete found

Rishi Sunak's government will preside over the highest tax rises on record, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. (Credit: Getty Images)

Sunak's government will oversee highest tax rises on record

Here are the best pubs in Leeds city centre according to the CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2024

The 14 best city centre pubs named by the Good Beer Guide 2024

The UK's first drug consumption room in Glasgow has been given approval. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK's first drug consumption room gets approval to open in Glasgow

Tracy Brabin will be one of five Labour mayors to meet in Leeds to call on the Government not to cut HS2 further.

Mayors meeting in Leeds to urge Sunak to stay on track with HS2

According to a leaked photograph, the government is said to be possibly planning on scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester HS2 phase in order to cut down on costs. (Credit: PA)

Labour mayors join forces to urge Sunak not to scrap HS2 Northern link

Leeds City Council has been told to pay out £6,000 to a parent after their daughter missed 18 months of education.

Council told to pay parent £6,000 after girl out of school for more than a year

We asked the Yorkshire Evening Post readers to tell us what they think are the worst roads in Leeds for traffic.

15 of the worst roads for traffic and congestion - according to drivers

Chris Packham presented a new documentary this week, pondering whether the campaign influence governments on climate change needs to change (Picture: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4)

TV naturalist fights the law, and the law mainly wins

Clothes hanging in shop Picture: Getty

Lib Dems want 1p tax on every new item of clothing

Millions of people are receiving payments to help with high bills amid the cost of living crisis - what further support is coming in 2023?

Cost of living payment: What other support is coming in 2023?

A man missed out on a Leeds council house because he had no more data on his mobile phone.

Man misses crucial email offering him council house over 'phone data limit'

The DWP will pay more than seven million households and HMRC will follow with around 830,000 more, taking the total number of households eligible for the cost of living payment to around eight million.

Cost of living payment: Exact date £300 boost will be paid this autumn

39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

Liz Truss

Liz Truss defends her record as prime minister in think tank speech

Job vacancies include as teacher of mathematics at Roundhay School. Pictures: Adobe Stock/National World

11 teacher job vacancies currently available across Leeds

Insulators on an electricity sub station are seen near homes in Manchester.

Homes to save £100s on energy as new scheme begins - are you eligible?

Doreen Thompson adjusts her thermostat at her home as she limits her use of heating to keep up with her increasing energy bills, at her home in south London.

Ofgem chief’s warning energy bills could be ‘even higher’ this winter

An open cash register containing pound coins and notes is pictured in a convenience store in London

DWP confirms £300 cost of living payment in update on £94bn support

Councillor Jonathan Pryor contacted the Government’s Department for Education (DfE) eight times between July 2018 and December 2021. Pictures: Bruce Rollinson

Councillor says Government ignored 'risk to life' school buildings warning

Transdev secures £2.7 million funding to rescue vital service axed by First Bus

Thousands across England could be forced to start the school year either online or in temporary facilities. Pictures: Adobe Stock/National World

Council issues update on school closures in city over building collapse fears

Just Stop Oil supporters outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London. The group has announced it will stage a 'slow march' through Leeds city centre this weekend. (Photo by Joseph Draper/PA Wire)

Just Stop Oil protesters announce city centre demonstration

Civic Hall in Leeds.

Council fined £1500 after young girl goes without education for 18 months