What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Beeston & Holbeck Ward Update: With election season being over we’re keen to focus our time and energy improving our local area. One thing that we have heard from the lovely people of Beeston, Cottingley Hall and Holbeck is they are keen for us to do more to engage with
Beeston & Holbeck Ward Update: While restrictions on our daily lives due to the Covid-19 pandemic are being lifted, we encourage everyone to remain careful and do everything possible to prevent the spread of the disease. We were pleased to see so many people have signed up for a postal
The Council has agreed its Budget for 2021/22. The choices were tough. The Government told Councils to “do what it takes” to tackle the pandemic. It then refused to cover the cost of providing vital support to our communities and lost income. That betrayal doubled the cuts the Council was
We’d like to pay tribute to the Council’s bin crews. They faced the double hit of black ice (caused by freezing rain) which prevented many collections, quickly followed by snow and more ice – causing a second major backlog. In tandem with other Council teams, such as street cleaning, almost
This is the first of a new monthly update from your Leeds City Councillors. For details of the three wards we cover and Councillors’ contact details please click here. As 2020 draws to a close, as Councillors, we can reflect on the challenges the year has brought to individuals, businesses,
New defibrillators have been installed at a number of public venues across Hunslet and Beeston Hill – with more to follow. As Councillors, Cllr Nash, Cllr Iqbal and I funded these with the hope they would never be needed. However, on a recent visit to The Hunslet Club, one of
The leaders of the six different political groups represented on Leeds City Council have issued a joint statement to reassure residents that councillors are still available to help, support and represent Leeds residents during the COVID-19 crisis. The political group leaders of the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Green, Morley Borough
It was June 2018 as I sat at a Beeston Festival committee meeting waiting for people to arrive, and instead of our usual one councillor in attendance, we had four! Why the sudden interest in helping … oh, it’s just been an election and we have three new councillors. My
The Inner South Community Committee – the panel made up of the nine sitting councillors for south Leeds – met last week (Wednesday 28 November 2018) at the Hillside Centre in Beeston Hill, dished out some funding, and chewed on some big local issues together. The lion’s share of the
The agenda for Inner South Community Committee, which will be held next Wednesday (5 September 2018) at 4:30pm has been published. The Committee is made up of the nine Councillors for our three wards: Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park. The meeting starts with an Open Forum,