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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 Yeadon, 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

And of course Labour is ready for government – ready to build a better Britain.

Please vote Labour and Co-operative Party in this election –send a clear message to the Tories that it’s time for change.

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

Yeadon has some great community spaces and activities, such as The Tarn, The Sailing Centre, Yeadon Town Hall, The Carnival, and a rich history promoted by the Civic Society. But we do have to fight to keep up community spaces and services, and it’s easy to feel the town is sometimes overlooked by those who run the city.

If elected as your councillor I will work with senior Labour city councillors and officers, your local Labour & Co-op Party MP Alex Sobel, and other organisations that offer services and resources, to get the best possible deal for the Yeadon area.

We will start to address some of long term issues you’ve told me about – damp housing, parking and traffic nightmares, anti-social behaviour and the lack of facilities for young people.

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

Ian’s priorities for Yeadon

The airport helps Yeadon’s economy but also causes pollution and traffic issues. Working with the local community and the airport authorities I’ll seek to protect and promote local airport jobs, challenge excess night flights, and tackle ongoing airport parking in residential areas.

The now reduced 966 circular bus service is a symptom of privatised public transport run for profit.

Yeadon needs a good public transport network to connect it to the wider area. I’ll push for this with Labour councillors in Guiseley, WYCA – the transport body, and bus companies.

After a strong campaign by local parents, trade unions, Labour MP Alex Sobel and others, Labour Leeds has listened, and Queensway Primary School will stay open. A victory for local people and organisations working together to get their voices heard – exactly my approach if elected.