On my way to wild South Yorkshire for the first nite of their tour - v excited! ✨️ @chrismabbs.bsky.social

This has taken great effort and determination to achieve - in Leeds we are beating our target of 1% of homes in void - the result being that a much higher number of people are now in a safe and secure home.

Keir Starmer's Child Poverty Taskforce has concluded that lifting the two-child benefit cap is the "best way" to alleviate child poverty www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Today we launched @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social's newly refreshed Leeds Ambitions: healthy - growing - thriving - resilient These ambitions provide a strategic framework/roadmap to guide our city’s future and achieve our core mission of tackling poverty and inequality. Watch: tinyurl.com/bdjbp7uu

Running an event about information/archives in diy culture on 15th November at Manchester Metropolitan University! Call for activities/speakers live here: tinyurl.com/diylives Payment and travel bursaries available for non-institutional speakers! See link for details.

Social rent is the only truly affordable tenure and should be the majority of all housing delivered to meet the housing emergency, but HRAs cannot fund much needed capital upgrades, Decent Homes 2, decarbonisation *and* new building by themselves. Govt must intervene to finance council houses.

NEW: Rent Prices, August The average private rent in Great Britain was £1,360 per month in August, up 5.7% in the past year Campaign group @generationrent.bsky.social warned "rents continue to rise faster than our wages", and urged the Government to act on rent increases 🔗: app.radarai.com

We can’t afford NOT to build a new generation of council housing. Secure homes give families the foundation for happier, healthier, more prosperous lives—boosting opportunity and growth to strengthen our future. Too many families have waited too long. The time to act is now.

Together with 100+ women’s organisations, we’re urging the Prime Minister to act against the far-right’s weaponisation of violence against women and girls to push a racist, anti-migrant agenda. www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/100-womens-r...

Right to swim and wild camp in England should be enshrined in law, Labour MPs say

Next #Leeds knit night! Friendliest and chillest bunch, just turn up 🧶

I was glad to join colleagues in signing this letter to the PM. The two-child benefit cap is pushing children into poverty every day. It’s cruel, unjust, and economically short-sighted. Scrapping it could lift 4.2 million people out of poverty. The moral case is clear. The time to act is now.

Happy Skyscraper Day! (architects dressed as their NYC buildings, 1931)

Exciting milestone in Gipton’s Ambertons: the first families have their keys! Part of Leeds’ Council Housing Growth Programme—delivering affordable, energy-efficient homes & better green spaces to help communities thrive. 🌱🏘️ news.leeds.gov.uk/news/council...

It's "neighbourhood produce" season, truly my favourite time of year. These big beans made us an amazing pasta for lunch! 🫛

🎉Congratulations to every young person receiving results today. 🙌 This cohort began secondary school as the pandemic hit. Their achievements are amazing, our education staff are the under-celebrated backbone. #GCSE 🧵(1 of 3)

This is a great piece on how Youtube is wrecking kids media (and all other media too). I'm sure treating the attention of little kids as one more resource to exploit for ad dollars will be disastrous in even the medium term www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

Leeds - has your child had the HPV vaccine? If they haven’t, a catch-up offer is available at GPs for those eligible. To find out more, visit: www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

A postcard from Denmark, a terrible woke snowflake lefty-liberal yoghurt knitting country where everyone can access everything they need safely and without a car, urban and rural; there's free lifelong learning, free healthcare, a pro-tenant rental landscape, and wealth redistribution. Horrible.

On the security envelope and art inspired by it :)

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds

Happy grass seed season to hairy dog owners, only 3 months til mud season! 🌾

Nearly 4m renters struggle to pay energy bills according to @generationrent.bsky.social. I welcome plans to upgrade rental home energy efficiency. But we need stronger protections to ensure renters can benefit from these upgrades without facing rent hikes or evictions.

Petition: Introduce Statutory Menstrual Leave for People with Endometriosis & Adenomyosis petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Tonight's #Leeds noise:

free keyboard stand LS17 🎹

Israeli-Palestinian human rights group B’Tselem declares Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide in its latest report.

A letter to David Lammy from @leeds-labour.bsky.social The forced starvation and targeted murder of Gazan civilians is beyond deplorable, and the UK government must act immediately to uphold international law and stop the barbarous assaults, as well as ceasing all exports of F-35 components.

Twenty-eight countries sign statement calling for end to Israel’s war on Gaza but won’t move to stop bilateral trade.

BREAKING: Our latest research finds that around £169m of renters’ money is WASTED every year 🧵Read all our findings in the thread here:

School holidays very much making themselves known. "Why is there a Switch in the breadbin?"

Passionate about making a difference in Leeds? Join our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion group at Leeds Community Homes! No experience needed—just your drive to help make housing accessible for all. 🌍🏠 Email [email protected] for more! #Inclusion #LeedsCommunityHomes

Next week, Leeds! 🪗🥁✨️

New @ippr.org report out today Transport isn’t working for low-income households Reducing car dependence is essential for providing greater access to opportunity, cutting transport costs and reducing the harms caused by car-dominated places Read how the UK government can achieve this👇

The Leeds Local Plan is a chance to shape the future of your city. Topics include housing, development, transport and the environment. Have your say on the vision and aims of the Local Plan 👇 bit.ly/4nzUwuV

Asylum-seekers get £49 a week loaded onto a pre-paid card if they're not in catered accommodation. They get £10 if they are. And yet nearly a third of voters think government spending helps 'immigrants' **most of all**. Insane and frightening.

I'm after tips for ad-hoc cycle hire in Copenhagen in August. Understand the app-access city bikes there called Donkey Republic are good, but wondered if there's a range limit? We want to head out of the city up the coast! Is it better to formally hire, if so any reccs for central collection?

this is a phrase I try and use sparingly but wish Mark E Smith was around to see the Oasis drone light installation above Prestwich

Effigies of migrants in a boat have been placed on a loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland, prompting condemnation and calls for the display to be removed ahead of the pyre being lit. http://jrnl.ie/6757728

It's Full Council Day here at @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social - first off, Mayor's Question Time with @tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social, then onto business with a lot of Housing on the agenda - two white papers, and multiple questions 🏡 You can watch/listen live below: www.youtube.com/live/FOk89mF...

Free pride party @nathbrudenell.bsky.social next Fri 🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Time for a windfall tax on profiteering developers.

Gaza health system overwhelmed by casualties at aid distributions, says Red Cross – Israel-Gaza war live

🏡Housing Leeds Annual Report 2024-25🏡 Our communities are at the heart of what we do, and we are committed to centring the voice and needs of tenants in all of our work. We're proud to present this report, covering our activity and performance last year. 🔗 indd.adobe.com/view/149bc3d...

Leeds City Council helped pensioners claim £1M+ in unclaimed Pension Credit 👏💷 If you're over State Pension age, you might be missing out too. Check now! 🔗 news.leeds.gov.uk/news/council...

EXCELLENT news! Government says no to Virgin Trains Public ownership = 🛤️planning to benefit passengers 💰reinvesting profits for better services Richard Branson had to be bailed out on the East Coast line in 2018! Well done ORR + @transportgovuk 🎉🚄

🚨 New data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveals a stark and persistent truth: in England, the place you're born still plays a major role in determining how well (and how long) you live.