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‘Government must get moving on flood defence for Leeds’, says Hilary Benn MP

Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn today warned that the Government’s failure to invest more in flood defence is threatening insurance cover for homes in the city at risk of flooding and affecting progress on the much-needed Leeds flood defence scheme.   New figures from the Association of British Insurers ranks

New Middleton enterprise centre opens its doors

The long awaited Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre in Middleton will be officially opened tomorrow by Hilary Benn MP and Councillor Keith Wakefield, leader of Leeds City Council. Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre, which is owned by the council, will be managed by local charity Health for All. Development of the £1.6million

Hilary Benn MP: Boundary changes ‘make no sense’

MP Hilary Benn has said provisional proposals to carve up his Leeds Central contituency at the next general election ‘make no sense’. Boundary Commission proposals  aimed at reducing the total number of Westminster MPs would see the current Leeds Central constituency – which covers much of ‘inner’ south Leeds and other