Councillors vote to withdraw from nuclear talks
East Riding councillors have voted to withdraw from conversations about a nuclear geological disposal facility (GDF) being built in South Holderness. At today’s full council meeting at County Hall (Wednesday, February 21), councillors voted 53-1 in favour of a...
Councillors to vote on motion to withdraw from GDF talks
East Riding councillors are to vote today on a motion for the authority to withdraw from talks with Nuclear Waste Services on siting a Geological Disposal Facility in the region. South East Holderness ward councillors Lyn Healing and Sean McMaster – backed by Beverley...
I will not be supporting GDF plans, says East Riding Council leader
The leader of East Riding Council has said she has decided not to support proposals for underground nuclear waste storage in Holderness ahead of a vote on the issue by the full council next week. Last week, South East Holderness ward councillors Lyn Healing and Sean...
Whole community should have their say on nuclear waste issue, says third South East Holderness ward councillor
The third South East Holderness councillor has said she believes the whole community should have their say on proposals for underground nuclear waste storage in the region. Claire Holmes’s comments come after her two counterparts, Lyn Healing and Sean McMaster –...
‘No decisions have been made,’ says council after MP backs call to withdraw from GDF talks
East Riding Council has issued a statement after Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart backed a call by two South East Holderness ward councillors for the authority to immediately withdraw from talks on siting a Geological Disposal Facility in the region....
