East Riding

People struggling with the cost of living can apply for a £425 grant, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has said.

The Conservatives remain strong in the market towns and villages of the East Riding of Yorkshire - returning all the areas MPs and making up the largest group on the council.

Hardley, who leads East Riding of Yorkshire Council under minority rule, admits the Conservatives "have had a bad press" after a record defeat in the general election last year.

East Riding has one of the fastest growing economies in the country, but Analysis by the Institute for Government has found the productivity across the whole region still remains below the national average.

One of the chairs was Maria Bowtell, a councillor on East Riding of Yorkshire Council who gave a speech at Reform UK's party conference last year.