What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Council elections will be held in Leeds on Thursday 2 May. After last year’s ‘all out’ election, we are back into the cycle of electing one councillor in each ward each year. The three councillors with the lowest vote last year – Andrew Scopes (Beeston & Holbeck), Paul Wray (Hunslet
We have been distributing copies of the April newspaper to community venues throughout LS10 and LS11 since Wednesday (27 March 2019). Copies are available from libraries, community centres, schools, GP practices, shops, and other community venues. Copies are also available at Dewsbury Road Tescos. You can find a full list
So Leeds City Council are debating a climate emergency in Leeds. Excuse me if I don’t get excited because they are already misrepresenting their own debate. Let’s be clear what they mean: a climate crisis for the city centre, which they continue to gentrify at the expense of surrounding inner
Yesterday (27 March 2019) Leeds City Council declared a ‘Climate Emergency’ and called for a city wide ‘conversation’. This recognition of the grave threat of climate change comes against the backdrop of international school strikes (see below) and reports of species extinctions. Cllr Judith Blake (Middleton councillor and leader of