Tag: Councillors

South of the River – where people don’t vote

  What is there to learn from last week’s local elections? Looking at the basic facts nothing changed in South Leeds. We had nine Labour Councillors before last Thursday and we have the same nine Labour Councillors after the election. UKIP’s ‘earthquake’ certainly saw their vote rise significantly, but in

Inner South Area Committee Newsletter

  The Council’s Inner South Area Committee has published its latest newsletter which you can download here: Inner South Area Committee Newsletter December 2013 The Committee, which is made up of the nine Councillors from Beeston & Holbeck, City & Hunslet and Middleton Park wards, funds many projects throught the

Agenda published for Inner South Area Committee

  The agenda has been published for next week’s Inner South Area Committee. The Leeds City Council Committee, made up of the nine Councillors from Beeston & Holbeck, City & Hunslet and Middleton Park wards, will meet at Beeston Village Community Centre on St Anthony’s Drive on Wednesday 6 November.

New Post Office for Holbeck and crossing for Dewsbury Road

  Local Councillors in South Leeds have been busy securing local improvements. A new Post Office is to be opened on Domestic Street in Holbeck and a new pedestrian crossing built on Dewsbury Road near Tesco. The Councillors have led a campaign with local residents to keep a Post Office

South of the River – Where does the power lie?

  As you may have gathered over the months, I have always been an advocate of people power. If you think something’s not right, get the community to do something about it or to put pressure on those with the power to change things. This begs the question: who does

A new role for the old Belle Isle library

  BITMO, the Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation is breathing new life into the old Belle Isle library, reinventing it as a community resource centre. I went to meet Carla Yeomans who is running the project. The building, at Aberfield Gate, is being refurbished and now has a kitchen and

Agenda published for Inner South Area Committee

The agenda for Council’s Inner South Area Committee has just been published. The meeting takes place on Wednesday 15th May at 6:00pm at Hillside on Beeston Road. The full papers for the meeting are available on the Council website. The Committee is made up of the nine Councillors from Beeston

Inner South Area Committee Newsletter Published

The Council’s Inner South Area Committee has published its March Newsletter. The Committee is made up of the nine Councillors from Beeston & Holbeck, City & Hunslet and Middleton Park wards. As well as details of the Committee’s last meeting, the newsletter contains local good news stories including South Leeds