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NEARLY £90m of cuts, 800 job losses and a five per cent rise in council tax have been voted through as part of Leeds City Council’s budget for the coming year. The changes were announced by the authority’s new leader Coun James Lewis (Lab), who said the increases in demand for services and loss of revenue caused by Covid-19 meant the city was facing its “biggest crisis in 75 years”. However, opposition leader Coun Andrew Carter (Con) claimed the authority’s financial problems w...

NEARLY £90m of cuts, 800 job losses and a five per cent rise in council tax have been voted through as part of Leeds City Council’s budget for the coming year. The changes were announced by the authority’s new leader Coun James Lewis (Lab), who said the increases in demand for services and loss of revenue caused by Covid-19 meant the city was facing its “biggest crisis in 75 years”. However, opposition leader Coun Andrew Carter (Con) claimed the authority’s financial problems w...

Submitting... The moving two-day spectacle marked one year since medics were called to a hotel in York to what became the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in the UK. Buildings across Leeds city centre have been lit up to remember those who have tragically lost their lives since thee start of the COVID-19 pandemic.Photo credit: James Hardisty / JPIMediaResell Buildings have been illuminated in blue, in tribute to selfless NHS staff, working in hospitals and care settings, and yellow to symbolise...

Submitting... Coun James Lewis is set to take charge of the council in the coming months. Speaking at the weekend, Coun Lewis said: “I am immensely proud to have been chosen by my Labour Group colleagues as their new leader elect. “My initial focus as Leader will be the COVID-19 pandemic and leading the council’s response to the horrendous public health and economic impact it has had on our city. “I will do everything I can to ensure an economic recovery for Leeds that places tackling p...