Category: Leeds

Two-child cap affects almost 200,000 families living in Labour-run areas

Exclusive: Party holds power in seven of 10 local authorities worst hit by controversial benefit limitAlmost 200,000 families living in Labour-run councils are affected by the two-child benefit cap, a Guardian analysis has...

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‘I’m always tired, Miss’: the sleepless children of Leeds’ bed poverty crisis

Teacher Bex Wilson was shocked to learn a pupil had no bed to sleep in. But this was the tip of the icebergReal heroes don’t wear capes, but they do bring duvets. Such as Bex Wilson and her dad, Mark, who spent the night...

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Leeds mother pleads for help with autistic daughter’s ballet school fees

Constance Bailey, from the deprived Seacroft estate, has a place at The Hammond School in Chester but cannot afford the costsBefore she was even accepted into one of the country’s most prestigious ballet schools, Constance...

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