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Sutherland signals possible Shay breakthrough before Christmas
£20m funding could help place community centre at the heart of North Halifax regeneration efforts
Calderdale Wind Farm: 14 problems that need solving before November
COMMENT: Churches are closing. Who keeps the doors open?
“Catastrophic” – Harvey’s CEO describes business impact of Halifax Town Centre roadworks
EXCLUSIVE: Secret audit report exposes “fundamental weaknesses” in council spending controls
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Stage At Lake box office flop: Why did the Council’s Culturedale team spend almost £100K promoting just one event?
Calderdale Council admits “Stage At The Lake” required a “significant Council subsidy” after ticket sales fell short of its original business case. The acknowledgement
£2.9m car parking surplus: Calderdale admits legal publishing and accounting failures
Calderdale Inside Out investigation exposes failure to meet government transparency rules and an accounting gap over legally restricted parking money since 2018 This one
Reform announces change to town centre works following dramatic drop in business footfall
Charles Street in the Town Centre will now remain open to general traffic under changes announced by Calderdale’s Reform administration. Harvey’s of
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Big on surplus. Low on plans: we uncover Calderdale's car parking charge regime
Calderdale has turned car parking into a near-£3-million-a-year surplus, the highest per head of population in Yorkshire.
Record surplus and record debt: we go behind the Piece Hall numbers
The Piece Hall Trust has announced the best financial result in its history in its group accounts published last week - a £356,700 surplus. In Part 2 of our investigation, we read the small print.
Piece Hall boss told councillors charity law meant she “had to” be a trustee. Five months on, she resigned as trustee but is still CEO.
The Trust now says there is “no ongoing business case” for the arrangement its chief executive told a Calderdale Council scrutiny committee could not be changed
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The Piece Hall, The Trust, The Council, and your money
What the accounts, hidden documents, and council recordings reveal about where Calderdale tax-payer cash has gone.
Old Stat. New Spin.
A Calderdale election claim, a seven-year-old ranking, and the awkward question of how carefully politicians check what they share.