Press Release Archives - Leeds Green Party https://leeds.greenparty.org.uk/category/press-release/ Fighting for real hope and real change in Leeds. Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:05:42 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://leeds.greenparty.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/77/2024/04/cropped-2-32x32.png Press Release Archives - Leeds Green Party https://leeds.greenparty.org.uk/category/press-release/ 32 32 Leeds Green Party strongly oppose Labour’s cuts to welfare benefits https://leeds.greenparty.org.uk/2025/04/10/leeds-green-party-strongly-oppose-labours-cuts-to-welfare-benefits/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:57:43 +0000 https://leeds.greenparty.org.uk/?p=6033 These cuts will impact the most vulnerable people in our society. Figures from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in March 2025 show that “50% of people receiving the health-related element of Universal Credit (LCWRA) are either unable to heat their home, behind on bills, or have low or very low food security, compared to 11% in […]

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]]> Bus success for residents in Wetherby, Boston Spa and the Villages! https://leeds.greenparty.org.uk/2025/02/13/bus-success-for-residents-in-wetherby-boston-spa-and-the-villages/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 19:23:05 +0000 https://leeds.greenparty.org.uk/?p=5763 Cllr Penny Stables (front-left) with campaigners presenting the bus petition to WYCA (Image: Simon Hulme) On Tuesday 21st January, the office of Tracy Brabin (Mayor of West Yorkshire) received a petition signed by over 1,840 residents, calling for the restoration of the Transdev number 7 bus route to a half-hourly service. Thanks to Christine Petch, […]

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]]> Residents demand action: Petition to restore Transdev Number 7 Bus Service https://leeds.greenparty.org.uk/2025/01/17/residents-demand-action-petition-to-restore-transdev-number-7-bus-service/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:14:29 +0000 https://leeds.greenparty.org.uk/?p=5619 On Tuesday, 21st January, Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, or her office, will receive a petition signed by over 1,600 residents calling for the restoration of the Transdev number 7 bus to a half-hourly service. The petition is still open for signatures.
If you haven’t yet added your support, you can do so by signing the petition here: tiny.cc/No7bus30.

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]]> Leeds Green Party Condemns Robert Jenrick’s Racist Rant https://leeds.greenparty.org.uk/2025/01/06/leeds-green-party-condemns-robert-jenricks-racist-rant/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 19:50:15 +0000 https://leeds.greenparty.org.uk/?p=5556 Leeds Green Party Press Release Leeds Green Party unequivocally condemns the recent racist attacks by Robert Jenrick, the Conservative shadow minister for justice. He has used the sexual exploitation of young girls to blanket-condemn “hundreds of thousands of people from alien cultures who possess medieval attitudes towards women” – and calling for their deportation. Sexual exploitation […]

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]]> Green MP Ellie Chowns makes her “BBC Question Time” debut https://leeds.greenparty.org.uk/2024/11/15/green-mp-ellie-chowns-makes-her-bbc-question-time-debut/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 19:28:09 +0000 https://leeds.greenparty.org.uk/?p=5429 On 14 November, Ellie Chowns MP made her debut on BBC Question Time, joining Fiona Bruce and a panel of notable figures for an hour of live debate from Basingstoke, Hampshire. The discussion featured Ellie alongside Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds MP, former Conservative Education Secretary Damian Hinds MP, Greg Jackson, CEO […]

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