Tag: demonstration

Trolleybus protest held outside Leeds Civic Hall

    Protesters opposing plans for Leeds’ new £250 million trolleybus system lobbied outside Leeds Civic Hall today. Around 30 protesters held placards and gave out leaflets ahead of a council meeting to discuss some of the planning  issues facing the planned NGT (Next Generation Transport) trolleybus scheme, which will

Marchers To Call For No Bedroom Tax Evictions

Campaigners opposed to the Bedroom Tax will march in Leeds this Saturday. The group Hands Off Our Homes have organised the demonstration and expect 1,000 people to join them. The so-called “Bedroom Tax” is a reduction in Housing Benefit for households who are deemed to have “too many” bedrooms. It