City status in the United Kingdom

You probably wonder what people mean when they want Huddersfield to be a City, this is just a few notes.

 

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City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom to a select group of communities: as of 2014^[update], there are 69 cities in the United Kingdom – 51 in England, six in Wales, seven in Scotland and five in Northern Ireland.^[1] The holding of city status gives a settlement no special rights other than that of calling itself a city. Nonetheless, this appellation carries its own prestige and, consequently, competitions for the status are hard fought.
The status does not apply automatically on the basis of any particular criteria, although in England and Wales it was traditionally given to towns with diocesan cathedrals. This association between having a cathedral and being called a city was established in the early 1540s when King Henry VIII founded dioceses (each having a cathedral in the see city) in six English towns and also granted them city status by issuing letters patent.
City status in Ireland was granted to far fewer communities than in England and Wales, and there are only two pre–19th-century cities in present-day Northern Ireland. In Scotland, city status did not explicitly receive any recognition by the state until the 19th century. At that time, a revival of grants of city status took place, first in England, where the grants were accompanied by the establishment of new cathedrals, and later in Scotland and Ireland. In the 20th century, it was explicitly recognised that the status of city in England and Wales would no longer be bound to the presence of a cathedral, and grants made since have been awarded to communities on a variety of criteria, including population size.
The abolition of some corporate bodies as part of successive local government reforms, beginning with the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840, has deprived some ancient cities of their status. However, letters patent have been issued for most of the affected cities to ensure the continuation or restoration of their status. At present, Rochester and Elgin are the only former cities in the United Kingdom. The name "City" does not, in itself, denote city status; it may be appended to place names for historic association (e.g. White City) or for marketing or disambiguation (e.g. Stratford City). A number of large towns (such as with over 200,000 residents) in the UK are bigger than some small cities, but cannot legitimately call themselves a city without the royal designation^[citation

Homeless / Rough Sleepers Support agencies information

Homeless / Rough Sleepers Support agencies Support services for Huddersfield and Dewsbury It’s important that the public campaign highlights the services out in the community.   Your Change can help more than one person-support a local charity     SUPPORT NOBODY NEEDS TO BEG. NOBODY NEEDS TO BE HUNGRY OR HOMELESS IN HUDDERSFIELD If you need HELP please contact any of the support services below   Housing Solutions

Kirklees Council Huddersfield Customer Service Centre Civic Centre 3, Market Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2YX Mon-Thur 9am-5pm, Friday 10am-5pm                 Housing Solutions/Homelessness/Tenancy/        Council Tax/Housing Benefits Enquiries                 Homeless – 01484 221350   Fusion Housing, 2nd Floor, Pearl Assurance House, John William St, Huddersfield                Mon, Tues, Thur & Fri 10am-12 noon & 1pm-3pm            Free confidential advice on all housing and housing-related matters.                                                                               Housing support to people aged 16-30 Learning Opportunities   Basement Project, Union Bank Yard, New Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2BP  Support for substance and alcohol misuse Drop-in at breakfast club every Thursday 9:30am-12pm Signing posting local services for housing, benefit Advice and mental health

Huddersfield Methodist Mission, 3-13 Lord St , Huddersfield Support homeless people with meals, clothes, housing advice   Homeless Hostel Clare House, 19, Clare Hill, Huddersfield, 20 beds providing accommodation for homeless people and support. Referral only from Housing Solutions Rough Sleepers Referral Service Night Shelter open when the temperature is below 0°C   CHART (Choices for Health, Addiction and Recovery Team) 2 St Peter’s Street, Huddersfield, HD1 1RA Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-4.30pm

GREAT SCHOOL ROBBERY

GREAT SCHOOL ROBBERY

Three of the Kirklees constituencies feature in the top hundred constituencies who's schools have lost most money in the government shake up of funding. (I am presuming the other constituency is just out of top one hundred)

The worse hit is Huddersfield who are set to loose 13% of their funding with a cut of £668 per pupil, closely followed by Dewsbury who will loose £534 per pupil which is 12% of their funding, Batley and Spen will loose 11%, £510 per pupil.


The good news part of this story is that the money will not go to waste as schools in the Tory Heartlands down South will have a boost in income. Can anyone still be surprised at this callous manipulation of government spending? The only surprise is the number of people who live in the North and still vote Conservative.

REVERSE PEDESTRIANISATION IN HUDDERSFIELD

REVERSE PEDESTRIANISATION IN HUDDERSFIELD

A call by a Huddersfield Trader, backed by the Conservatives seems to want to turn back the clocks. At the council meeting a petition was presented and the petitioner called for pedestrianisation to be reversed and for cars to be brought back into the shopping streets.

Not that strange as it echo's a call made only last year by the Huddersfield Examiner. 

 

 

 

It was claimed that by letting cars take over the streets, shops would flourish. It does seem a novel idea, when nearly every town and city is calling for more pedestrianisation. But would it work? Many will not be able to remember our large towns with traffic on the main streets, it was bad enough then, but now there are 10 times more cars on the road, can anyone imagine what a shopping trip would be like. I suppose there may be some that believe dodging cars an entertainment or sport. It will mean the end to street cafes.

The obsession with the car ignores all those who travel by bus or train, or indeed live in the town centre. One has to imagine what parking would be like in this traffic "Free for all". I'm not against experimentation and I realise America have just chosen to ignore global warming and destroy the planet, but I did believe the debate on pedestrianisation had been won. Do Huddersfield traders want to drive more customers to Shopping Malls, where you think they would have noticed cars are not allowed onto the Malls.

What other steps do the conservatives want us take back into the past, we know they want to destroy the NHS and want to stop the rich having to pay taxes, we will have to wait and see.

 

 

 

 

 

MAGIC MONEY - Tory deficit denial

MAGIC MONEY - TORY DEFICIT DENIAL

In their continual "Deficit Denial Mode" the conservative local election machine is going into overdrive to spend the Magic Beans to convince the electorate that cuts are not happening.

Robert Light has stated that the cuts to Kirklees are justified as the Labour Government gave Kirklees too much money and that all that is happening now is that the imbalance is being redressed and money is being transferred to rich areas, mostly down South.

What Robert is describing is method that was used for over 100 years (until Eric Pickles got his hands on the cash) to distribute government grants on a basis of need, based on such things as how many old people you looked after, how many unemployed people live in your area, how many miles of road you had etc. ect. .

 Eric has abolished that system and now money is distributed on the basis of how rich you are, the richer you are, the more money you get (sound familiar).

Robert Light wants to impose that system on Kirklees, he wants to distribute local cash on a basis of where it is raised. Not an accident that Kirklees largest rate payers are in his ward, though everyone else will appreciate that they are serving the whole area, it is not only people from Birkenshaw that shop at Ikea. What he fails to tell conservatives in all other areas is how much they will loose, what he fails to tell people is how much will be taken from the Social Care of the most needy. What Mail and Telegraph readers always fail to understand, is that anyone can fall on hard times, or be hit by illness that they can not deal with themselves, that everyone is getting older.

Tory leaflets in Dewsbury and Huddersfield are not telling the electors there that he tried to divert millions away from them at budget time.

Always remember the Conservatives are there to make the rich richer and the poor poorer, something that they are very good at. Whereas Kirklees has lost £180m in grant, some richer authorities have actually gained. We may be all in it together, but some are much deeper than others.

Fight Against Scrap Metal Thefts

A scrap metal dealer convicted of attempting to handle stolen goods has had his bid for a new licence rejected.

Kirklees councillors refused to renew the licence for Barry K Ellis Ltd on the basis its sole director, Paul Ellis has served a prison sentence relating to buying suspected stolen scrap metal.

Think Smart Recycle Shop officially open

Cllr Cathy Scott, Kirklees Cabinet Member, officially opened the Think Smart Recycle Shop in New Street, Huddersfield today.

Fusion Housing are taking over the Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing office to sell household items to raise money for the Think Smart Recycle Scheme which gives furniture and other items to tenants in need.

"In these financially testing times for many people and families, I hope this venture is able to help many of those in need," commented Cllr Scott.

 

Festival of Light’s 2013

Huddersfield’s 10th Festival of Light is shaping up to be the best yet.

Visitors can expect amazing, interactive light installations that put you right at the heart of the action; food and drink, live music and all of the wacky street theatre that we’re famous for.

The event will run from 6 – 8 December and this year.

 

The rest of this story can be found on Cllr Mehboob Khan's site.