Politics

A charity which helps women who have suffered from sexual violence has called on Leeds City Council not to renew the licences for two lap dancing clubs in the city.

A landlady has been hit with a £7,500 fine for failing to adequately maintain a shared house she was renting out in Beeston.

The picture of a Brexit-themed mug has been doing to rounds on social media - attracting attention for its tongue-in-cheek metaphor towards the state of British politics.

Campaigners are calling on council bosses to redraw the boundaries of the city’s proposed Clean Air Zone to include parts of south Leeds.

Theresa May tonight appeared on the brink of a leadership challenge after senior Ministers sensationally quit the Cabinet in protest at her draft Brexit deal and sparked a wave of damaging chaos in Westminster.

Hosting games at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup could net Leeds’s economy up to £12m, according to a council report.

A panel of councillors in Leeds has voted almost unanimously in favour of a new block of student flats on the site of one of the city’s best-loved restaurants.

Dominic Raab has resigned as Brexit Secretary, saying he “cannot in good conscience support the terms proposed for our deal with the EU”.

Leeds City Council looks set to invest more than £50m in new council houses.

Leeds City Council has launched an ambitious bid to spend £55m on new council houses.

Leeds will play a key role in Britain’s withdrawal from the EU by hosting an office for hundreds of officials dealing with Brexit, it has emerged.

Nowadays, barely an advice surgery of mine goes by without someone asking for help with their personal independence payment (PIP).

A demonstration is set to take place this week, calling on Leeds City Council to ensure everyone carrying out work on the authority’s behalf is paid the national living wage.

The leader of Leeds City Council is “dismayed” and “disappointed” at the government’s lack of response to Yorkshire’s devolution proposals, a meeting heard.