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You probably have to go back to the 1970s to find a time when the pressures on family finances were so acute. Then, it was the trebling of oil prices; now it is the huge increase in the cost of gas and electricity. The cost of living is rising at
I recently attended a service at Leeds Minster to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of the Falklands War. Many of us remember it only too well. The shock of the Argentine invasion. The departure of the British Task Force. The sinking of the Sheffield. Brian Hanrahan’s famous report
70 years of service is a remarkable achievement by any measure. So, as we celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, I am sure we would all like to express our heartfelt thanks for her devotion to our country, and for the way in which she has carried out her
For several years now, the number of people contacting me about housing has been getting bigger and bigger. They are either desperate to get a council house, are in a private let but can no longer afford the rent, are overcrowded or have been waiting for ages to move. House
The war in Ukraine continues to dominate our television screens and newspapers. It is still hard to believe that in a modern European country people are being bombed, shelled, starved and displaced by another country that has decided to invade them. As I write, the situation in Mariupol is particularly
Although in our hearts we probably knew it was coming, no words can quite convey the profound shock we all felt when we woke up to discover that Russian forces had started their invasion of Ukraine. This is not a conflict in a far-off country of which we know little.
Preparations are now well under way for Leeds’ 2023 Year of Culture. We were one of five UK cities which originally bid to become the European City of Culture, but Brexit put paid to that. So, in typical no-nonsense fashion, Leeds decided to have a year of artistic and musical
As I write this article on 23 December, it’s not yet clear whether further measures may be put in place in England immediately after Christmas to deal with the rising number of Omicron cases of Covid. Meanwhile, the devolved governments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have all announced new
There is real anger at the decision to scrap the eastern leg of HS2 which would have brought high-speed rail to Leeds. We were repeatedly promised that both HS2 East and Northern Powerhouse Rail – a new high speed route connecting Manchester and Leeds via Bradford – would be delivered
The killing of Sir David Amess while serving his constituents came as a great shock, and our hearts go out to his wife and family. He was much liked on all sides of the House of Commons for his cheerfulness, good humour and utter dedication to his constituency. Just five