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Redcar and Cleveland replaces Yorkshire in council address

Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council has officially changed its address to remove ‘Yorkshire’. Councillors have agreed to replace the county with ‘Redcar & Cleveland’ after a vote at the Council meeting at Eston Town Hall yesterday. The motion won approval from the new Labour administration and two independent partners, passing by four votes.

It said: “This Council is concerned that the inclusion of Yorkshire as part of the Council’s postal address is contrary to this Authority’s commitment to economic development and strategic planning within the Tees Valley. “It would be in the interests of the Borough of Redcar & Cleveland to demonstrate our focus on issues that affect the Tees Valley by removing Yorkshire from the Council’s postal address and replacing it with Redcar & Cleveland. “This Council resolves to instruct the Chief Executive to arrange, at no additional cost, to delete Yorkshire from the Council’s address as soon as practicable and replace it with the words Redcar & Cleveland.”

John Weighell, Conservative leader of North Yorkshire County Council, told the BBC: “In reality, Redcar and Cleveland have not been part of Yorkshire since 1974. “In terms of economic performance, I think it is a fact that Yorkshire and Humber is doing better than the North East.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .