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The Leader of Leeds City Council, Andrew Carter, disagrees and says Hutchinson’s attacks are "a gross overstatement". He says: "We have not built any slums and neither have the private developers." ...
It was the Leeds slum which became notorious for tailoring and sweatshops. The Leylands occupied an area between Vicar Lane and North Street (to the west) and Eastgate and Regent Street (to the ...
Piles of rubbish left in the street by students moving house at the end of term have left residents feeling like they are "living in a slum". Kate Wells, who lives in Hyde Park, Leeds, said the ...
A Leeds Acorn statement said: “You need a licence to cut hair, you need a licence to look after dogs, but you don’t need a licence to house people. "We don’t think that’s right and we’re demanding ...
A leading architect who predicted the building boom in Leeds was creating the "slums of the future" has returned to the city to say "I was right". With more than one in 10 city centre apartments ...
Leeds renters urged to 'demand change' as Acorn union presses Leeds council for tougher action on slum landlords. By Georgina Morris. Deputy editor. Published 16th Aug 2022, 11:45 BST.
Leeds in the 1860s was a thriving and dynamic town. It had an expanding industrial landscape of mills, factories, foundries and dye works - with appalling work place experiences and squalid living ...
Leeds student rubbish leaves area feeling 'like a slum' 2 July 2021. Share Save. Share Save. ... Kate Wells, who lives in Hyde Park, Leeds, said the situation was repeated every summer.
Student housing charity Unipol said rubbish tended to be left around the 30 June move-out date Piles of rubbish left in the street by students moving house at the end of term have left residents ...