Kirklees Together

The council’s markets in Huddersfield, Dewsbury, and Cleckheaton will be open on their regular markets days to provide local people with access to much needed essential supplies, specifically fresh food products such as fruit & veg, meat, fish, bread and dairy products. Some markets will also have stallholders who sell pet supplies. In line with government guidance and to help stop

As part of its response to support local businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, Kirklees Council has today announced that it will defer rents for all commercial tenants for a period of three months. With 870 properties in its commercial portfolio, including managed workspace for new and small businesses, the Council is providing this support for all commercial tenants, alongside the

We’re making more money available for councillors to help local people to deal with the Covid19 pandemic. What is being invested? All 23 wards in Kirklees will now have a £50,000 budget available for local councillors to manage and invest in their communities to help people in most need. This is an increase on the current ward budgets – usually

Kirklees Council’s Cabinet were consulted on West Yorkshire’s £1.8billion devolution deal over conference call today. Cabinet members today (24 March 2020) held an informal meeting over conference call to be consulted on the deal – following government guidance on staying at home and socially distancing. Why was this done? It was due to be heard at a Cabinet meeting today,

A large number of our staff are putting their day jobs on hold and joining volunteers in communities across the borough to help people most in need. From today (Monday 23 March), some members of our staff are putting their day jobs on hold until further notice, to focus on supporting vulnerable residents to deal with the spread of coronavirus.