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Since 2010 government has cut around 60% of the budget from Leeds. So far that's £2,700,000,000 taken out of our public services.
In 2013 the Revenue Support Grant from govt accounted for 35.6% of the council’s budget, next year they are covering just 5.7%.
#LeedsBudget24
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Leader of the council James Lewis
@JamesLewisLab
is RE-ELECTED with 3,500 votes and an increased majority! 🌹🚩
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Emma Flint is ELECTED in Weetwood with a 1300 majority!!!! 🌹🌹🌹
Congratulations Emma!
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Sharon Burke is ELECTED in Middleton Park ward with over 2,300 Labour votes 🌹
Congratulations Sharon!
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Another big welcome to our Class of 2022, who are here today for their induction, ready to hit the ground running and start serving their communities!
@Leeds_Labour
@labour_local
@yorkshirelabour
🌹
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Residents of Morley and Outwood - this is what your MP thinks of people who are calling time on Boris Johnson...
Ministers aren’t expected to be perfect.
But is it really too much to ask that they don’t treat the public like this?
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FRIDAY FACT:
The PM
@RishiSunak
has given more funds to the Police in fixed penalty notices by breaking the law, than he has to the entire city region and population of
#Leeds
📉✂️
#LevellingUp
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ANNOUNCED:
#Leeds
will pay the real living wage for CARE WORKERS and for every one working for the council ⬇️💙
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Labour councillors
@JamesLewisLab
@helenhayden01
@Jonathan_Pryor
@cllrjesslennox
supporting the
@leedsucu
picket today -
@ucu
members are striking for fair conditions, pensions, equal pay and an end to casualisation. We joined them alongside
@unitecomleeds
and
@LeedsLabourSoc
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Congratulations to James Gibson on being ELECTED to serve Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward! Welcome back to the Group! 🌹
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Just some of the
@Leeds_Labour
councillors out today, hete in Seacroft with
@RichardBurgon
MP supporting ambulance drivers as they take unprecedented action for fair pay and safe conditions
#ambulancestrike
@GMBCampaigns
@eiecampaign
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Cllr
@Jonathan_Pryor
has been reselected to continue his hard work to serve people and support the community in Headingley and Hyde Park 🌹
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Congratulations and welcome to our new
@Leeds_Labour
councillors, being inducted today in the council chamber with our Lord Mayor!
🌹Lisa Martin and Zara Hussain for Roundhay
🌹James Gibson for Cross Gates and Whinmoor
🌹Sharon Burke for Middleton Park
🌹Emma Flint for Weetwood
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🌹Leeds for Labour, Labour for Leeds🌹
Last night we held our local elections launch, setting out our manifesto, our record of delivering for our communities and our vision for Leeds in the years ahead.
#VoteLabour
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We are so proud of our city, our schools, our staff and partners, who have all delivered this amazing result after a massively challenging 2 years. Our dedication to the children and young people of Leeds is unwavering.
#Ofsted
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This weekend, Leeds City Council will be lighting the Civic Hall in purple and white in solidarity and respect, in support of Reclaim The Night Leeds.
#ReclaimTheNight
#RIPSarahEverard
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We’re proud that Labour-run
#leedcouncil
have scrapped burial and cremation fees for any parent or guardian who loses a child.
#KeepLeedsLabour
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Some of our team out on the
#LabourDoorstep
in Belle Isle today with Cllr Sharon Burke, speaking with residents about local matters including access to GPs and primary care. Lots of people telling us what they think of government's chaos too!
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Congratulations to
@nikrutherford
who has been selected as our candidate to stand to join
@Jonathan_Pryor
and
@al_garthwaite
in Headingley and Hyde Park ward.
Nik has worked tirelessly for years in his community and will be a wonderful representative for the people of HHP.
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Tories out, Ellie in! Fantastic result and so pleased that residents in Guisely and Rawdon will have an outstanding, hard working, local superstar as their Labour Councillor 🌹
@nelnanandnora
Leeds local election results:
Guiseley & Rawdon ward: Labour gain
Elected: Eleanor Thomson
#LeedsElections2022
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Al Garthwaite is RE-ELECTED in Headingley and Hyde Park ward with almost 60% of the vote!
Congratulations Al 🌹
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Leeds Labour Group have today announced:
🍾 Kerbside glass recycling through everyone’s green bin - up and running this summer 🌞
Making it easier for residents to recycle more from their home, without the need for any additional bins or containers… [1/2]
#LeedsBudget24
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When Matthew says he has "discussed" it, is he referring to when he and the rest of the Conservative group on the council voted AGAINST our white paper in November, supporting Cladding victims and calling for action?
@LeedsCladding
@josh_h92
@Conservatives
@RobertJenrick
@LeedsCladding
@EOCS_Official
Thanks Josh. I’ve already discussed cladding with councillor colleagues in Leeds and officers including the scale of the issue across West Yorkshire (no. of buildings & people affected). And if elected I’ll be taking the matter up with all our local councils & the Government.
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For 13 years of Tory austerity - with Leeds starved of funding we need and deserve year after year - the decisions taken by the Labour administration in Leeds has protected our public services; kept our public buildings; kept services in-house, and kept fees and charges low (1/4)
Buildings closures, service changes and price increases proposed as Leeds City Council tackles local government budget crisis.
Read more➡️
Cllr
@JamesLewisLab
explains the 24/25 budget proposals⬇️
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Today Cllr
@Jonathan_Pryor
has written with
@cllrjudithblake
@hilarybennmp
@RichardBurgon
@FabianLeedsNE
@RachelReevesMP
@alexsobel
to the govt to request teachers & school staff are made a priority group for the C-19 vaccine. This would be an important step in beating the virus.
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Massive cuts to Leeds by the Conservative government and their Lib Dem enablers mean the council is having to make the most incredibly difficult decisions about what we can and can't continue to fund.
Over £2.5billion taken away from our city and it's people.
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Last night Labour members in Burmantofts and Richmond Hill selected local resident and campaigner Nkele Manaka to stand in the 2023 local elections. Nkele will join
@AsgharLab
and
@FarleyLabour
in the ward if successful in the election, and will make a wonderful representative!
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Postal voters across
#Leeds
will be receiving their postal ballots as of this week!
Got yours yet? Fill out your ballot and post it back today - 1 vote for your
@Leeds_Labour
Council, and 1 vote for
@TracyBrabin
for Mayor.
Make sure you vote before 6 May to
#KeepLeedsLabour
🌹
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Today across the city,
@Leeds_Labour
councillors, candidates and members stood with NHS nurses who have been forced to strike after being failed by those at the top and in Government.
We back their fight for fair pay and safe staffing, and thank them endlessly
#RCNStrike
💙
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Labour Leader of
#leedscouncil
@cllrjudithblake
has written a joint letter with
@jeremycorbyn
and
@JohnHealey_MP
calling on Theresa May to install sprinklers in every tower block in
#Leeds
.
#MakeHomesSafe
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From Alwoodley to Ardsley, Guiseley to Middleton,
@Leeds_Labour
have been out across the city all weekend listening to voters who've had enough of shambolic Tory politics, and are ready to send a message with their votes that Labour are the best choice for our communities 🌹
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Wishing a happy and healthy Eid al-Fitr to all Muslims celebrating in Leeds and around the world. Eid Mubarak 🌙✨️
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A huge round of applause for Helen Hayden, RE-ELECTED in Temple Newsam ward and holding the seat that was the Tories top target in Leeds to continue giving her residents Labour representation - congratulations Helen! 🌹
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In full council today Leeds Tories tried to shift the blame for the impact of reductions on police funding across West Yorkshire.
After more than a decade of Tory government cuts
@debracoupar
and
@Jonathan_Pryor
made it clear that
#cutshaveconsequences
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Council leader Cllr
@JamesLewisLab
has made this statement about the devastating floods in Pakistan:
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Tories refusing to back affordable, sustainable public transport for us all 👇
In May
@TracyBrabin
was elected 1st Mayor of West Yorkshire with a mandate to bring buses back under public control, introduce simpler fares, contactless ticketing & greener buses. Sad to see Conservatives at today’s Combined Authority meeting not voting to take this forward.
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Elections are about taking sides. Vote for the party who is on yours 🌹
Polls open 7am - 10pm, and check where you need to go at
You *don't* need your polling card but you DO need photo ID.
Labour for Leeds, Leeds for Labour.
#VoteLabour
#ToriesOut
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Today our
#LeedsLabourWomen
Three-Seat Challenge went out on the
#LabourDoorstep
in Middleton, Cross Gates and Whinmoor, and Burmantofts and Richmond Hill - talking to voters about what really matters to them.
Fantastic response from voters for all of our women candidates! 🌹
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We are immensely proud of the work that happens in our city - much of it by volunteers- to make it inclusive and welcoming to those fleeing trauma, violence and war. We must all work together to continue and expand that support.
Wow! Amazing to feel the support in the chamber today as
#Leeds
councillors voted to work to become a Council of Sanctuary👏
Let Leeds continue to be a place of welcome & sanctuary for ALL its citizens. A place we can all feel proud to call home
Thank you, we are together🧡
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In Leeds, we will not sit back and allow the Government to cut this important lifeline. Your Labour Councillors passed a motion calling on them to keep the £20 uplift to Universal Credit permanent.
The Conservatives on Leeds City Council did not agree.
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£2 BILLION in crony contracts for their mates, £2bn Council Tax rise for the rest of us.
Leeds households shouldn't face higher taxes, so that they can hire their mates.
Fight the Conservative Council Tax Rip Off and
#VoteLabour
🌹
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In their final act of a sorry day for the Leeds Conservative Group, they voted en masse AGAINST our white paper which calls for "immediate investment in NHS staff and services".
It was passed by an overwhelming majority of the rest of the chamber.
#SaveOurNHS
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Today
@Leeds_Labour
teams have been out talking to people who are at their wits end with this government's cost of living crisis, and their refusal to offer anything meaningful to help. People across our city are ready to put their trust in our record, and
#VoteLabour
this May 🌹
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Cllr Eileen Taylor
@elainetaylor156
has been reselected to continue her dedicated hard work for her community in Chapel Allerton ward! 🌹
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Eleanor and team in Guiseley and Rawdon did a fantastic job of bring up the Labour vote and giving people in G+R and excellent alternative to their current situation 🌹
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Arif Hussain emphatically RE-ELECTED in Gipton and Harehills ward.
Congratulations Arif! 🌹
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Another increased majority for Fiona Venner, RE-ELECTED in Kirkstall ward! 🌹🐱
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This week we welcome 6 new
@Leeds_Labour
councillors, joining the Labour Group on Leeds City Council!
Congratulations and welcome to
@AdeleRae3
, elected to serve the Bramley and Stanningley ward 🌹
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In today's full council meeting
@JamesLewisLab
and
@Leeds_Labour
called on the Government to make good on their promises to
#Leeds
and finally deliver on the rail and mass transit improvements our City deserves.
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✅ Accessible
✅ Savings for low income households
✅ Sustainable climate action
Low-income homeowners in Leeds can now apply for free solar panels and insulation, thanks to a new scheme to help residents save money and tackle climate change:
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Devastatingly, Ardsley and Robin Hood ward has lost a dedicated champion in Ben Garner. We will miss Ben on the council - he has worked tirelessly for his communities since becoming a councillor 3 years ago - but we know that this is temporary and he will be back 🌹
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Cllr
@Jonathan_Pryor
, Cabinet Member for Education, on the government’s insufficient education catch up plans:
Sadly without this proper support inequalities will only widen. The Government’s offer doesn’t come close to what Leeds needs.
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People are facing a cost of living crisis.
@Leeds_Labour
is proud to ensure all council employees are paid a Real Living Wage.
Today
@Jonathan_Pryor
called on the Govt to replace the minimum wage with a Real Living Wage so every job pays enough to afford the necessities.
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Today
@Leeds_Labour
joined our TU comrades from across the city's sectors to mark Worker's Memorial Day and reflect on how as many people have died as a result of work in the last 2 years, as in the previous 2 decades.
We remember the dead, and we fight for the living
#IWMD2022
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Leeds has been listed as a potential frontrunner to host
#Eurovision2023
in place of our friends
#Ukraine
at our First Direct Arena.
There’s a poll at the bottom of this page, so go and VOTE
#LEEDS
(we can’t be beaten by Manchester) then share this link with everyone you know!
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A massive thank you to everyone who came to help launch our manifesto for the 2022 local elections yesterday. We heard inspiring speeches from our candidates, celebrated our record, and put forward out real plan to deliver everything that communities across Leeds need
#VoteLabour
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Congratulations Katie - time to turn the new LNW red! 🌹🌹🌹
Completely humbled and honoured to have been selected by the wonderful
@UKLabour
members of the new
#LeedsNorthWest
constituency to be the Parliamentary candidate - in the seat where I grew up, as did my parents before me. Huge thank you for the support and trust 🙏🏼🌹💚
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In his opening comments on the past year and the year ahead
@JamesLewisLab
reiterated Council's solidarity with Ukraine as they continue to stand strong in the face Putin's invasion. We will pursue our resolution to twin with Kharkiv and formalise that support
#LeedsBudget23
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Congratulations to Annie who will be a dedicated and hard-working representative, standing up for the interests of everyone in Beeston and Holbeck 🌹
I'm honoured to have been selected as Labour's candidate for Beeston & Holbeck in the upcoming local elections.
Thank you to the local members who have put their faith in me to represent them.
I look forward to fighting for our community & our city.
#Beeston
#Holbeck
#Cottingley
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Huge congratulations to
@simonlightwood
on being elected decisively to represent
#Wakefield
- the community now has the Labour representation they need and deserve in this era of Tory neglect! 🌹
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Congratulations to first-time candidate Mikey on a very respectable Labour vote in Harewood ward 👏
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Fantastic for West Yorkshire, fantastic for Leeds - our friend
@alison_4life
👏🌹
NEW: West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin announces that Alison Lowe, a former Leeds city councillor who is currently Chief Executive at mental health charity Touchstone, will be her pick to be deputy mayor for policing
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Horsforth is red once again! Fantastic result for Emmie and John, who will be exceptional representatives for residents of Horsforth and bring their incredible hard work for their area to the city council! 🌹
Leeds local election results:
Horsforth ward: two Labour gains (one seat previously vacant)
Elected: Emmie Bromley and John Garvani
#LeedsElections2022
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An excellent, thoroughly decisive and well-earned result proving that people across our communities are backing Labour.
Congratulations Tracy from everyone in Leeds Labour - we can’t wait to hit the ground running with you as the first ever Mayor of West Yorkshire 🌹
We did it! I'm proud to be the first West Yorkshire Metro Mayor and I'm incredibly humbled and grateful for every single vote. I will fight for every single resident so everyone has the opportunity to succeed. Thank you.
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Unlike all 8 Conservative-controlled councils in North Yorkshire, in Leeds we are re-introducing free bulky waste removals, and our garden waste service remains free. We will continue to seek prosecution for polluters and fly-tippers who impact our communities
#LeedsBudget22
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The Conservatives are putting an amendment to
#LeedsBudget2021
asking the council to adopt more private contracts to deliver our services - even after the scandal of
@MattHancock
's unlawful conduct around contracts and the shame of their cronies
#FreeSchoolMeals
provision!
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In
#Leeds
, our large in-house workforce was able to flexibly and immediately respond to the challenges of
#Covid19
to keep our people supported and safe, and keep our city going.
And we know which
#FreeSchoolMeals
service we prefer...
Private company VS Catering Leeds👇👇👇
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We are delighted to announce that all 99 of our Labour candidates have been successfully nominated. We are proud to be standing candidates in all 33 wards. No matter where you live in
#Leeds
, you can use all 3 of your votes for Labour.
#KeepLeedsLabour
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This announcement is the first step to a huge and much-needed change in the way people in our city and our region can get around, making travel cleaner, safer and more affordable for all 🚌🚌🚌
Today, on clean air day, I am really pleased to announce the first steps towards fulfilling my pledge to bring buses back into public ownership. 🚌🍃
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We are delighted to welcome
@MayorOfWY
@TracyBrabin
to full council today to hear about her work with councils across West Yorks, for all our communities - delivering more funding, affordable homes, more police, and working for a public transport system that works for passengers.
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In Meanwood and Moortown, Mahalia France has been selected and we are sure that her community will support her in May to join Cllrs Shahzad and Hamilton 🌹
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It's budget day in
#Leeds
- with the live stream kicking off at 1pm on this link:
Follow
#LeedsBudget2021
for highlights.
But let's start with a few important facts:
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New laws allow us to charge a premium on second homes from April next year. It is currently forecast that this premium would generate approximately £3.6m a year to invest in public services.
🗓️ We are giving the required 12 month notice period today.
#LeedsBudget24
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Labour activists will be out campaigning across
#Leeds
this weekend ahead of May’s all-out local elections. Help us
#KeepLeedsLabour
by joining the campaign effort in your nearest marginal ward:
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Congratulations to Eleanor who has offered voters in G+R a positive vision for their communities for a number of years, and would be a brilliant representative for the area 🌹
🌹Thankful to have been selected by Labour Party members in Guiseley & Rawdon as candidate for local elections. Lots of work ahead; feeling positive and ready for action. Training from
@LabourWomensNet
&
@ChrLeft
makes a difference.🌹
#persist
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Alice has worked hard for her community since being elected as the youngest councillor in the city - and in May the community of Armley will put their trust in her once again! 🌹
I’m delighted to have been reselected to stand as Armley’s Labour candidate in the 2022 local elections.
Thank you to local members for putting their faith in me once again. Looking forward to kicking off our campaign!
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🌹⚖️Leeds City Council Budget Day⚖️🌹
Today LCC sets it's '24-25 budget, after 14 years of Tory austerity which has removed £2.7 BILLION from our communities.
@Leeds_Labour
continues to deliver for a greener, safer, fairer city.
Watch here from 13:00:
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In the coming days, postal voters will be receiving ballot papers for the
#LocalElections2023
Wherever you live in
#Leeds
, make sure you vote for your local Labour candidate
#KeepLeedsLabour
For a cleaner, greener, fairer, city
Vote Early
Vote LABOUR 🌹
#VoteLabour
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Congratulations to Hannah, re-selected to stand again in Kirkstall and carry on her hard work for her community 🌹
Over the moon to have been reselected as Kirkstall's candidate for May 2022... Much love to those who voted and also to all those I have worked with during my current term! Bring on the campaign to win!
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Zara Hussain and Lisa Martin are ELECTED to join Jacob Goddard as your Labour team in Roundhay! 🌹
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Karen will complete an excellent, hard working local team for the communities in Ardsley and Robin Hood. Congratulations Karen! 🌹
Congratulations to Karen Bruce, Labour's candidate for Ardsley and Robin Hood for the 2024 Council elections. Looking forward to campaigning to win for Labour 🌹
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Thank you to our posties, at christmas and always! 🌹🙏
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Labour-led LCC has not held back in supporting our communities throughout a turbulent time - and we are committed to making sure no one is left behind as our city works towards a wider recovery.
But in
#LeedsCouncil
, the Tories and their smokescreens have failed to mention 👇
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Hearing about the great amount of work done on the climate and decarbonisation of our city region in
@LeedsCC_CEAQ
report - but Tories pulled most of their speakers and their front bench disappeared, now LDs have bailed too? Is the climate emergency still an emergency for them?!
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We will continue to pay the
#RealLivingWage
to all council workers including paying the uplift of £10.90 to care workers who are crucial backbone of our communities. We are working with key employers in the city to encourage them to do the same
#LeedsBudget23
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Cllr
@JamesLewisLab
repeats his call on the chancellor to repair funding for councils, which has been decimated under Tory austerity for 12 long years - which chooses to pass the burden on to local authorities and local tax payers
#LeedsBudget22
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In Burmantofts and RH ward, Asghar Khan is RE-ELECTED with a fantastic mandate to continue serving his communities.
Congratulations Asghar!
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Flying high over Leeds football ground, Elland Rd today. A message to Boris: BOOT HIM OUT!
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