Blog Otley Labour Rose - Spring 2019 The latest edition of Otley Labour Rose is out. You can scroll through the newsletter online using the PDF... Read More Indicative Votes - How I Voted On Monday, we secured indicative votes for MPs – the aim being to break the Brexit impasse. Yesterday, we voted on eight options. I voted first and... Read More This week's votes on Brexit. How I voted. Below is a list of each motion and how I voted: Tuesday Section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act main motion This motion would take us... Read More School cuts parent survey: The impact is devastating As part of an exploratory study of the effects of government cuts to education in primary schools in Leeds North West, I commissioned a survey of parent... Read More Alex Sobel MP calls to fix the “leaking system” of England’s water services Alex Sobel MP has spoken in Parliament in a debate about the future of water services in England. For Sobel the privatised English system is “dripping in... Read More Parents' Schools Survey - Leeds North West Earlier this month, I published the results of a survey of primary schools in Leeds North West. The results strongly indicated that funding cuts are having a... Read More Wharfedale MPs Slam Rail Companies in Train Debate Two of Wharfedale’s MPs have hit out at train operators for their lack of reliability and the lack of progress on strikes that are causing “difficulties... Read More My Brexit Position Over the weeks to come Parliament will have its most intense debates and votes on Brexit yet. We will vote on the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated by the... Read More ASDA Holt Park Proposals - Have Your Say I recently received a letter from Asda regarding their proposals for the Adel Holt Park Store and Holt Park Centre. I would encourage any interested... Read More The Tory Trickery Hiding Hard Hitting Cuts to English Schools In his budget speech last week, the Chancellor made scant mention of education. He told schools in England to expect ‘a one-off capital payment’ so that... Read More Reflections on Hate As Hate Crime Awareness Week draws to a close, I have been reflecting on the impact hate crime has on our communities and how best we can challenge... Read More West Papua – the world’s forgotten injustice We think we know all about the great injustices of the world. The peoples who have been killed, their human rights transgressed, illegally imprisoned and their... Read More Load more posts