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Jan 28, 20192 min read

MP Calls for Community Reinvestment Act after Branch Closures in Otley and Yeadon

Alex Sobel has called for a Community Reinvestment Act to save UK bank branches from closure after the announcement that Santander was...

Nov 9, 20182 min read

Alex Sobel Calls for Public Ownership of English Water

Alex Sobel has used an Early Day Motion in Parliament to call for the public ownership of water. The EDM, which has gathered 18...

Oct 31, 20182 min read

MP Hails Victory as Channel 4 Picks Leeds

Alex Sobel has hailed the news that Channel 4 has picked Leeds for its new national headquarters as ‘a major victory for the region,’ and...

Oct 31, 20182 min read

Alex Sobel Takes Apart Budget for ‘Short Sighted Austerity Politics’.

Alex Sobel slammed the Government’s Autumn budget for their short sightedness and for ‘putting the planet on notice’ in an address to the...

Oct 9, 20181 min read

Alex Sobel on Time for a Public Pay Rise

In this speech, Alex criticises the government for the failure to create a more equal society. Wealth inequality is particularly damaging...

Sep 19, 20182 min read

MP Praises Social Enterprise as Expansion Plans Take Flight.

Alex Sobel this week visited Leeds based social enterprise Seagulls Reuse to acknowledge the fantastic work they do for the environment...

Sep 18, 20182 min read

Immigration Nightmare has Beautiful Ending

Alex Sobel met with the Yorkshire College of Beauty and a grateful family today after success with a wrongful detention at the UK border....

Sep 18, 20182 min read

MP Answers Questions for Otley Businesses at Chamber Meeting

Alex Sobel MP hosted a Question and Answer session on Tuesday’s meeting of the Otley and District Chamber of Trade and Commerce. The...

Aug 29, 20182 min read

MP: Are you Leeds North West’s Best Small Shop?

Alex Sobel MP is calling on his constituency’s small shopkeepers to enter the Best Small Shops Competition, celebrating the creativity of...

Aug 13, 20181 min read

MP Visits Model Small Business in Otley

Alex Sobel dropped into Modelsport this week as he continues his summer of meeting constituents and local businesses. The business which...

Jul 24, 20182 min read

Alex Sobel: Leeds ‘Only Choice’ for Channel 4

News that Leeds is into the last three cities for the Channel 4 relocation has been hailed by MP Alex Sobel. The channel will move 300...

Jun 25, 20182 min read

MP discusses Brexit impact with Pool-in-Wharfedale paper manufacturer

Alex Sobel, MP, visited a local paper mill to discuss community development this week but the impacts of Brexit threaten the firm’s...

Nov 3, 20172 min read

MP Taps Up the Take Away Trade for New Environmental Measures

Alex Sobel MP has called for the law to be changed to require take away companies to provide free water refills. In a meeting of the...

Oct 4, 20171 min read

Monarch Crisis- MP Vows to Work with Government to Secure ‘Best Possible Outcome’

Leeds North West MP Alex Sobel has vowed to work with the government to secure the ‘best possible outcome’ for staff and passengers...