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The Tories – enough is enough!

Whatever your politics, you know things just don’t feel right at the moment.

• High energy prices
• Rising interest rates
• Food shortages
• Companies making vast profits at our expense – supported by their Tory friends in government
• Ordinary people even on reasonable incomes struggling to make ends meet
• HERE in Otley, inadequate public transport because unfair funding favours the wealthy South.

Labour and the Co-operative Party – standing for solidarity and an economy fair for all

• The co-operative movement is more relevant than ever, tackling some of the great issues of our time.
• Food justice projects – the City Council’s Food Champion is a Labour and Co-op councillor
• Community energy organisations
• Fair taxation
• In touch with local people and responding to local needs

Your Labour candidate for Otley and Yeadon ward – Leeds City Council

Your vote matters

Voting really does change things. The country voted Labour in 1945 and Labour created the NHS. The country voted Tory in 1979 and the Tories privatised council housing, gas, electricity, water, and public transport.

Your vote counts in local elections too. Leeds Labour kept open all its Children’s Centres in the face of huge Tory cuts. And it’s keeping services in-house – protecting jobs and running the services for people, not profit. A vote for Labour will help protect the local services we all rely on.

GETTING A BETTER DEAL FOR THE COMMUNITY

Labour wants to make Otley a great place to live by supporting its economy, helping to create jobs, and making sure there are homes that people can afford. We also want to make sure everyone feels included in the community, and we’ll work to build on what makes Otley special.

If you choose me as your councillor, I’ll work hard to get the best deal for Otley – to tackle some of the long term issues you’ve mentioned, such as damp housing, traffic and parking problems, anti-social behaviour and more activities for young people. I’ll work with senior Labour city councillors and officers, your Labour and Co-op MP Alex Sobel, Otley Town Council and organisations with services and resources we can can tap into.

You want Otley to be a strong and sustainable community. I will fight for the resources to make that happen.

Ian’s priorities for Otley

Otley has traffic problems that affect the whole town. Better public transport – more frequent, on-time buses – would help reduce traffic. I will push for these changes, as well as a bigger site for the bus station and more buses to Menston station, Leeds, and Bradford, with through-ticketing.

The UK planning system favours developers, so we get bad plans like East of Otley and the Civic Centre. Otley’s Neighbourhood Plan is a blueprint for better planning. With local people, city planners, and our MP I’ll fight for affordable homes built with respect for their environment.

Otley needs more activities and safe spaces for children and young people, from playparks to youth centres. We’ll set up a panel to talk to young people and find out what they want. Then we can create new projects, work with local groups and organisations, and raise funds to make it happen.