We have received details of the toy bus programme. The venues include Sanderson House in Chapelfields, the Foxwood Community Centre in Cranfield Place and the Acomb Hotel in Kingsway West.

Following the revelation before Christmas on this web site that the Council were set to abandon the Guildhall, opposition to the move is growing. Now Conservative Councillors are reported as joining the Liberal Democrats in questioning the wisdom of abandoning 800 years of tradition.

Labour now claims that it will not sell the building. However it claims large ongoing maintenance costs as the main reason for the move….yet it fails to explain how such costs could be covered if it seeks to lease out the building.

They also claim that full Council meetings will still take place at the Guildhall suggesting that the Council chamber does not form part of any proposed deal.

Once again no public consultation has taken place.

It all looks like more muddle and confusion from an inexperienced team who are grasping at straws as they try to keep their budget plans afloat.

In he background is an unseemly squabble over who gets the biggest office at the new Council HQ on Toft Green.

An undignified start to the York800 celebrations.