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Plans for new measures to make some of the busiest areas of Leeds city centre safer for pedestrians and shoppers will move to the next stage following overwhelming public support.

Consultation on the Briggate Action Plan asked the public for their views on proposals aimed at tackling a number of concerns they had raised, including the estimated 1,100 bikes travelling up and down Briggate each day.

Press release published in partnership with Yorkshire Housing

The Leader of Leeds City Council, Councillor James Lewis, and the executive member for communities, customer service and community safety, Councillor Asghar Khan, have issued a joint statement to reassure Leeds’ Jewish community following an attack on a synagogue in Michigan yesterday.

Leeds City Council is celebrating its strong partnership with German cities Dortmund and Siegen following the presentation of a German-British Friendship Award to a long-serving councillor.  

Thousands of children across Leeds can benefit from safer, healthier journeys to school thanks to new cycle and scooter parking facilities installed at schools across the city. 

A new careers, jobs and training fair will take place in the city this year as part of a refreshed approach to  bringing together opportunities from multiple sectors and connecting them with talent across the city and region.

Senior councillors have approved a 10-year strategy designed to open a new chapter in Leeds’s affordable housing success story.

With billions in economic potential and multiple nationally significant programmes advancing in 2026, Leeds confirms it is ready to move from vision to delivery this year. 

Political leaders, senior local authority officers and other prominent figures from across the country have gathered in Leeds today for 2026’s Securing the Future of Council Housing Summit.

Important details released for May 7 election including Monday 20 April deadline for registering to vote

A mysterious coin once used to pay a bus fare in Leeds was minted by an ancient civilisation more than 2,000 years ago, it has been revealed.

The astonishing discovery, handed to an unwitting local bus driver in the 1950s, was produced by Carthaginians, part of the Phoenician culture, in the Spanish city of Cadiz during the 1^st century BC and has now kindly been donated to Leeds Museums and Galleries.

The Leader of Leeds City Council and guests joined the Lord Mayor of Leeds for an iftar meal on Wednesday, 4 March at the Civic Hall’s Banqueting Suite.