APPG on Ukraine wins extension of free calls and texts to Ukraine until January 2024
After announcing to Vodafone UK customers the end of free calls and texts to phone numbers in Ukraine on 24 October 2023, Vodafone has...
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- Nov 7
- 4 min
Winter of discontent over energy bills looms again
THE nights are drawing in, soon they will be cold, then freezing. But this winter will not have the government support of 2022 to help...
- Nov 2
- 3 min
Alex Sobel joined more than a dozen Labour frontbenchers who have backed a ceasefire
Palestinians checking the destruction in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip (Photo: AFP via...
- Nov 1
- 4 min
We are Westminster MPs of Palestinian and Israeli descent – this is our call for peace
Fri 27 Oct 2023 10.00 BST We are deeply concerned by the lack of nuance in this debate. Both Israelis and Palestinians have been failed....
- Nov 1
- 4 min
"Violence never results in peace"
"Violence never results in peace and the first step to a two-state solution in Israel and Gaza is to end it" My father served in the...
- Oct 18
- 2 min
Public meeting asks for clarification over potential of more night flights at LBA
Leeds North West Member of Parliament, Alex Sobel, attended a public Airport meeting held on October 5, 2023, featuring Vincent Hodder,...
- Sep 26
- 3 min
Alex Sobel MP Calls for Transparency and Community Engagement in Leeds Bradford Airport Night Flight
Leeds, UK – September 26, 2023 – Alex Sobel, Member of Parliament for Leeds North West, has today written to Vincent Hodder Chief...
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Leeds North West MP goes the extra mile for charity
Alex Sobel MP will run the 13 mile Leeds Half Marathon on Sunday 14th May to raise money for St George’s Crypt. With private rents and...
- Jan 24
- 2 min
Think Like A Pony
Alex Sobel, MP for Leeds North West recently visited Think Like a Pony’s new centre in Horsforth, where he met with its founder Lynn...
- Nov 30, 2022
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- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
Queensway school to remain open
Queensway Primary School will not close following a public consultation. The decision is expected to be ratified by Leeds City Council at...
- Nov 1, 2022
- 2 min
MP hosts meeting of local schools in bid to curb Queensway closure
Alex Sobel MP has brought together local schools within Aireborough in an attempt to find alternatives to the closure of Queensway...
- Oct 9, 2022
- 3 min
MP visits Otley's Prickly Pig Hedgehog Rescue
Alex Sobel, MP for Leeds North West, visited Otley’s local Hedgehog rescue last week. Prickly Pigs Hedgehog Rescue is located on St...
- Aug 29, 2022
- 2 min
MP promotes local community organisations as cost of living ‘lifeline’
Alex Sobel has condemned the Government’s lack of response to the cost of living crisis saying that valued community organisations will...
- Aug 24, 2022
- 1 min
And the Ginner is… White House proves it 'distil' the best.
Otley’s White House Gin (www.whitehousedistillery.com) is celebrating its success in an international award. The independent distillery,...
- Feb 8, 2022
- 2 min
Alex Sobel MP for Leeds North West calls on the government to adopt Labour’s proposals to create 12,
Alex Sobel is calling on the Government to adopt Labour’s plan to create 12,970 new apprenticeships for young people in Yorkshire & the...
- Feb 2, 2022
- 2 min
East of Otley Application Paused for 'Meaningful Rethink'
Following Leeds City Council’s recent communication that it has paused the East of Otley hybrid planning application in response to the...
- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min
Clarity sought for East of Otley Development
Alex Sobel is seeking clarity from Leeds City Council as to the status of the East of Otley Development amid rumours of a significant...
- Jan 11, 2022
- 3 min
Alex Sobel calls for immediate Government action on spiralling energy costs.
Alex Sobel MP and his colleagues in the Labour Party are calling on the Government to cut VAT on domestic fuel bills as an immediate aid...
- Dec 15, 2021
- 2 min
MP questions Government’s commitment to flood prevention in his first question as Shadow Minister
The MP for Leeds North West, Alex Sobel, asks his first question in Parliament as the new Shadow Minister in charge of flooding. Speaking...
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