Andrew Scopes
@andrewscopes.bsky.social
Labour cllr for the B&H ward in Leeds. Chair of Adults and Health Scrutiny Board. Child Friendly Leeds. GMB
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🌹⚖️Leeds CC Budget Day⚖️🌹
Today LCC sets it's '25-26 budget, for the first time in 15 years under a Labour Government, taking steps to repair the damage done by £2.7BN of Tory austerity.
We will continue to deliver for a greener, safer, fairer city.
Watch from 1pm:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Today LCC sets it's '25-26 budget, for the first time in 15 years under a Labour Government, taking steps to repair the damage done by £2.7BN of Tory austerity.
We will continue to deliver for a greener, safer, fairer city.
Watch from 1pm:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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February 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🌹⚖️Leeds CC Budget Day⚖️🌹
Today LCC sets it's '25-26 budget, for the first time in 15 years under a Labour Government, taking steps to repair the damage done by £2.7BN of Tory austerity.
We will continue to deliver for a greener, safer, fairer city.
Watch from 1pm:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Today LCC sets it's '25-26 budget, for the first time in 15 years under a Labour Government, taking steps to repair the damage done by £2.7BN of Tory austerity.
We will continue to deliver for a greener, safer, fairer city.
Watch from 1pm:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Over 6000 people in some of our lowest-income areas saw improvements to their rented properties and were signposted to further welfare support. 85% of properties inspected were found to be non-compliant - proving how essential these schemes are.
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2495199...
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2495199...
Landlord scheme improves homes in Harehills and Beeston
THOUSANDS of tenants saw their homes improved after sub-standard living conditions were uncovered in a five-year inspections scheme.
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Over 6000 people in some of our lowest-income areas saw improvements to their rented properties and were signposted to further welfare support. 85% of properties inspected were found to be non-compliant - proving how essential these schemes are.
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2495199...
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2495199...
Great to join the Children and Young People's Partnership, where Councillors, senior officers and partners listened to young people!
Great to hear passionate voices and innovative ideas 💡 from young people from across #Leeds
Great to hear passionate voices and innovative ideas 💡 from young people from across #Leeds
January 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Great to join the Children and Young People's Partnership, where Councillors, senior officers and partners listened to young people!
Great to hear passionate voices and innovative ideas 💡 from young people from across #Leeds
Great to hear passionate voices and innovative ideas 💡 from young people from across #Leeds
It was an absolute pleasure to join the Leeds United Foundation's Chair based activities session at the Hamara Healthy Living Centre this afternoon.
Really well run by the coaches, inclusive, fun and energising! 👏
Really well run by the coaches, inclusive, fun and energising! 👏
January 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It was an absolute pleasure to join the Leeds United Foundation's Chair based activities session at the Hamara Healthy Living Centre this afternoon.
Really well run by the coaches, inclusive, fun and energising! 👏
Really well run by the coaches, inclusive, fun and energising! 👏
Great to pop into celebrations 🍾 of the Chinese New Year with Huazhu Liu! The food smelt and tastes amazing!
January 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Great to pop into celebrations 🍾 of the Chinese New Year with Huazhu Liu! The food smelt and tastes amazing!
Work to extend the Cottingley Playground started today! Exciting. 👊
Unfortunately that means it will be closed for 6-8 weeks while work is being done. Looking forward to it reopening!
Unfortunately that means it will be closed for 6-8 weeks while work is being done. Looking forward to it reopening!
January 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Work to extend the Cottingley Playground started today! Exciting. 👊
Unfortunately that means it will be closed for 6-8 weeks while work is being done. Looking forward to it reopening!
Unfortunately that means it will be closed for 6-8 weeks while work is being done. Looking forward to it reopening!
My turn on our monthly surgeries. Please bear with me as I'll be getting between locations on my bike 🚵♂️ today.
As always, if you can't make these times, do get in touch and we can arrange something. Best way is on email: [email protected] 👍
As always, if you can't make these times, do get in touch and we can arrange something. Best way is on email: [email protected] 👍
January 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
My turn on our monthly surgeries. Please bear with me as I'll be getting between locations on my bike 🚵♂️ today.
As always, if you can't make these times, do get in touch and we can arrange something. Best way is on email: [email protected] 👍
As always, if you can't make these times, do get in touch and we can arrange something. Best way is on email: [email protected] 👍
At our first Holbeck Gala Committee meeting of the year and excited for this year which will be on 5 July, put it in your diary! ✒️
Always looking for new committee members, so do get in touch if you want to get involved!
Always looking for new committee members, so do get in touch if you want to get involved!
January 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
At our first Holbeck Gala Committee meeting of the year and excited for this year which will be on 5 July, put it in your diary! ✒️
Always looking for new committee members, so do get in touch if you want to get involved!
Always looking for new committee members, so do get in touch if you want to get involved!
Good to be in IIIG scrutiny talking about important issues in our city. I asked questions on:
🏠 affordable housing and the delivery of affordable housing
📊 unemployment and how people may be employed but in precarious work so still looking for jobs.
📃: democracy.leeds.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
🏠 affordable housing and the delivery of affordable housing
📊 unemployment and how people may be employed but in precarious work so still looking for jobs.
📃: democracy.leeds.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
January 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Good to be in IIIG scrutiny talking about important issues in our city. I asked questions on:
🏠 affordable housing and the delivery of affordable housing
📊 unemployment and how people may be employed but in precarious work so still looking for jobs.
📃: democracy.leeds.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
🏠 affordable housing and the delivery of affordable housing
📊 unemployment and how people may be employed but in precarious work so still looking for jobs.
📃: democracy.leeds.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
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The government announced this week that it has tripled emergency funding for councils to tackle rough sleeping and emergency homelessness - and Leeds will receive £626,206.
This is very welcome, to strengthen our service and the strong partnerships that we have in Leeds delivering this support.
This is very welcome, to strengthen our service and the strong partnerships that we have in Leeds delivering this support.
January 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The government announced this week that it has tripled emergency funding for councils to tackle rough sleeping and emergency homelessness - and Leeds will receive £626,206.
This is very welcome, to strengthen our service and the strong partnerships that we have in Leeds delivering this support.
This is very welcome, to strengthen our service and the strong partnerships that we have in Leeds delivering this support.
The evenings are still dark, but good to get to St Lukes Tenants and Residents meeting.
Shout out to Catherine who made cookies 🍪 for the meeting! 😋
Shout out to Catherine who made cookies 🍪 for the meeting! 😋
January 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The evenings are still dark, but good to get to St Lukes Tenants and Residents meeting.
Shout out to Catherine who made cookies 🍪 for the meeting! 😋
Shout out to Catherine who made cookies 🍪 for the meeting! 😋
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It's Full Council day in #Leeds, and I am bringing this White Paper to celebrate the national recognition Leeds is receiving for our ambitious and progressive strategies - delivering good, safe, affordable homes and new green infrastructure - for everyone who lives here.
@leeds-labour.bsky.social
@leeds-labour.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It's Full Council day in #Leeds, and I am bringing this White Paper to celebrate the national recognition Leeds is receiving for our ambitious and progressive strategies - delivering good, safe, affordable homes and new green infrastructure - for everyone who lives here.
@leeds-labour.bsky.social
@leeds-labour.bsky.social
Amazing to have Chris Sylvester from Getting Clean at full council today. Thank you for what you do!
Delighted that you're currently based in Holbeck working to get more people into long-term recovery through peer to peer support! 👊
Delighted that you're currently based in Holbeck working to get more people into long-term recovery through peer to peer support! 👊
January 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Amazing to have Chris Sylvester from Getting Clean at full council today. Thank you for what you do!
Delighted that you're currently based in Holbeck working to get more people into long-term recovery through peer to peer support! 👊
Delighted that you're currently based in Holbeck working to get more people into long-term recovery through peer to peer support! 👊
There are loads of bin yards in our area, here's one idea of how to improve them by Our Future Beeston, with a great case study in the Nosters area. Get in touch if you want more information. 👊💪
📹: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSpF...
📹: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSpF...
January 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
There are loads of bin yards in our area, here's one idea of how to improve them by Our Future Beeston, with a great case study in the Nosters area. Get in touch if you want more information. 👊💪
📹: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSpF...
📹: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSpF...
Good to be Chairing the Health Scrutiny Board today, really important topics, as ever, including safeguarding adults, performance and budgets.
Papers here: democracy.leeds.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
Papers here: democracy.leeds.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
January 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Good to be Chairing the Health Scrutiny Board today, really important topics, as ever, including safeguarding adults, performance and budgets.
Papers here: democracy.leeds.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
Papers here: democracy.leeds.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
Great to get along to the first Cardinal Court TARA of the year. (Managed to walk through the snow and ice ❄️)
Good to have the police 🚔 in attendance as well.
Good to have the police 🚔 in attendance as well.
January 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Great to get along to the first Cardinal Court TARA of the year. (Managed to walk through the snow and ice ❄️)
Good to have the police 🚔 in attendance as well.
Good to have the police 🚔 in attendance as well.
❄️ In case you hadn't noticed, it snowed! ❄️😁
January 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
❄️ In case you hadn't noticed, it snowed! ❄️😁
Amazing to have the Leeds Urban Bike Park on our doorstep here in South Leeds. You don't have to be great at cycling 🚴♀️ to use it!
Lovely morning out with my son and a quick ☕️ coffee in the cafe. 😊
Lovely morning out with my son and a quick ☕️ coffee in the cafe. 😊
January 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Amazing to have the Leeds Urban Bike Park on our doorstep here in South Leeds. You don't have to be great at cycling 🚴♀️ to use it!
Lovely morning out with my son and a quick ☕️ coffee in the cafe. 😊
Lovely morning out with my son and a quick ☕️ coffee in the cafe. 😊
Out in Cross Flatts Park this morning and good to see a new platform on the climbing frame in the toddlers playground. - this follows correspondence in December and the parks team responding to concerns that I passed on.
January 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Out in Cross Flatts Park this morning and good to see a new platform on the climbing frame in the toddlers playground. - this follows correspondence in December and the parks team responding to concerns that I passed on.
🎄Merry Christmas🎄
December 25, 2024 at 6:57 AM
🎄Merry Christmas🎄
🎉 Great to attend the opening of the Aspiring Communities community and prayer centre in Beeston; a massive upgrade to the derelict building that was there.
Looking forward to attending community events in the building in 2025 🎉
Looking forward to attending community events in the building in 2025 🎉
December 21, 2024 at 1:10 PM
🎉 Great to attend the opening of the Aspiring Communities community and prayer centre in Beeston; a massive upgrade to the derelict building that was there.
Looking forward to attending community events in the building in 2025 🎉
Looking forward to attending community events in the building in 2025 🎉
Good to see numbers in the City Centre getting back up to 2019 levels.
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/business/con...
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/business/con...
December 20, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Good to see numbers in the City Centre getting back up to 2019 levels.
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/business/con...
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/business/con...
Really good to see a significant police 🚔 presence (inlcuding sniffer dogs 🐕) in Cross Flatts park today; they're taking action following concerns about drug dealing.
Cross Flatts park is an important community asset and needs to remain safe for all.
Cross Flatts park is an important community asset and needs to remain safe for all.
December 19, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Really good to see a significant police 🚔 presence (inlcuding sniffer dogs 🐕) in Cross Flatts park today; they're taking action following concerns about drug dealing.
Cross Flatts park is an important community asset and needs to remain safe for all.
Cross Flatts park is an important community asset and needs to remain safe for all.
Super to be at the Slung Low Christmas Fayre with my ward colleagues Councillor Annie Maloney and Cllr Shaf Ali.
Fanstatic food as always 😋
Fanstatic food as always 😋
December 14, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Super to be at the Slung Low Christmas Fayre with my ward colleagues Councillor Annie Maloney and Cllr Shaf Ali.
Fanstatic food as always 😋
Fanstatic food as always 😋