Live: Boris Johnson Betrays the North
Boris Johnson's broken promises on high speed rail have led to accusations that he has betrayed the North. We ask HS2 expert Jon Stone about whether that's true.
Tag: leeds
Novara FM: Riots and the Red Flag
#ACFM's Keir Milburn offers a bloody and boisterous workers' history of Leeds.
Opinion: Scrapping Britain’s First Red Light District Will Be a Disaster for Sex Workers
by Lydia Caradonna and Kate Hardy
Leeds city council plans to close the ‘managed zone’ in Holbeck, where sex work has been permitted since 2014. It’s a decision that puts the pearl-clutching of gentrifiers before the safety of workers, write Lydia Caradonna and Kate Hardy.
Report: ‘This is Our Home’: The Ex-Mining Community Fighting Demolitions in Yorkshire
by Ethan Shone
Residents of Wordsworth Drive and Sugar Hill Close, a privately-owned social housing estate in Oulton near Leeds, are fighting a developer seeking to demolish their homes and replace them with new, market-rate housing. Ethan Shone reports.
‘Tantamount to bullying’: Asda Workers March Against ‘Flexible’ Contract Imposition
by Craig Gent
Today Asda workers gathered in Leeds for a national demonstration against the imposition of 'flexible' new employment conditions, which they argue will have devastating consequences for workers' lives. Craig Gent reports.