Parents were shocked to receive letters as they dropped their children off at council-run Little Owls nurseries across Leeds, letting them know whether they could face imminent closure. Without any prior consultation, the council are proposing closing three of the 24 nurseries as soon as May. And the future of a further 12 nurseries remain…
With shopkeepers coming out to watch and other bystanders filming, the Save Batley Baths demonstration on 4th March was a success in continuing the pressure on Kirklees Active Leisure (KAL) to re-open the Baths. Iain Dalton, Socialist Party Yorkshire secretary The baths has remained closed since December when KAL decided to shut it, Deighton Sports…
Over 50 taxi drivers and supporters protested in Leeds on Wednesday 10th November against proposals by network Rail and West Yorkshire combined authority to relocate the hackney carriage taxi rank to a space beneath the station. Kevin Pattison (Chair, Leeds & Wakefield Unite Community) This is the 3rd protest which was again supported by Leeds and Wakefield…
Around 50 trade union activists gathered for a rally on Woodhouse Moor on Friday 15th October for a protest organised by Unite the Union against fire and rehire and in support of a forthcoming bill being moved in parliament to ban the practice. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party It’s welcome that rather than leave this…
Supporters of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) in Leeds held a protest outside Debenhams in Leeds, alongside others organised in London, Plymouth and Southampton against the companies savage cuts to jobs and stores, as part of a day of action called by members of the retail workers union, Usdaw, in the NSSN. Iain Dalton,…
Around 500 people attended the Yorkshire Health Campaigns Together demonstration in Leeds on Saturday 30th March. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Campaigners and trade unionists from across came together to match through the city centre and rays awareness that despite the government’s now chronic paralysis over Brexit, the Tory plans to destroy our health service…
An angry public meeting in Leeds called by the Little London Tenants and Residents Association on Wednesday 20th March, discussed the proposal to build a 18 story block of private flats on a small green space. Kevin Pattison, Leeds Socialist Party Little London is near the city centre so developers are keen to build. The…
Leeds TUC organised a successful anti-austerity conference on Saturday 24th November. Kevin Pattison, Leeds TUC Vice-President It is part of our campaign to show the damage austerity is doing to local services, and to raise alternatives. We started with reports from groups affected by austerity Fearnville Fields – succesful campaign to save playing fields DEAL…
Around 50 people joined a midday march through Rothwell against plans to demolish around 70 ex-coal board homes on the Wordsworth and Sugar Hill estates in nearby Oulton. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Thursday 26th July saw the Save Our Homes LS26 campaign and their supporters, including the NUM and the local Labour councillor for…
Parents involved in the Disability Empowerment Action Links (DEAL) group have pushed the Leeds City Council into ‘pausing’ their plans to cut transport. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Instead of implementing these plans this September, the council will now delay them for a year, as well as guaranteeing all that will be using the service…
