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    Press Release: Campaigners Against Airport Expansion Welcome Support from Bradford MP, Naz Shah
    • Nov 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Press Release: Campaigners Against Airport Expansion Welcome Support from Bradford MP, Naz Shah

    The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA) has welcomed support for their campaign to stop airport expansion from the MP for...
    • Oct 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Press Release: GALBA Calls on Gov and Council to Help Airport Workers Move into Sustainable Jobs

    The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport has called on the government and Leeds City Council to help local people find jobs outside...
    Press Release: GALBA Publishes Legal Advice to Councillors - You Can Choose to Protect Our Climate
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    Press Release: GALBA Publishes Legal Advice to Councillors - You Can Choose to Protect Our Climate

    A leading planning barrister has told Leeds councillors that they are under a legal obligation to consider the climate impact of LBA’s...
    • Oct 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    Press Release: Campaigners call on Leeds Councillors to Say Yes to Clean Air and No to LBA Expansion

    The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport has called on Leeds councillors to make the air we breathe cleaner and safer by rejecting...
    Press Release: Twice as Many Leeds Residents Object to LBA's Plans than Support
    • Sep 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    Press Release: Twice as Many Leeds Residents Object to LBA's Plans than Support

    On deadline day, twice as many Leeds residents object to Leeds Bradford Airport's expansion plans as support them. On 17th September...
    Press Release: Ride the Noise - Riding LBA's Map to Highlight Areas Affected by Increased Noise
    • Sep 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    Press Release: Ride the Noise - Riding LBA's Map to Highlight Areas Affected by Increased Noise

    Ride the Noise: campaigners cycle the outline of LBA’s ‘noise map’ to highlight areas affected by increased noise if airport expansion...
    • Aug 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    Press Release: Bradford Council ‘Ignored Its Own Climate Emergency Declaration’ in Response to LBA

    Bradford Council has ‘ignored its own Climate Emergency declaration’ in its response to the proposed expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport,...
    • Aug 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Press Release: If LBA Can't Look After A Pond, Can They Be Trusted with Our Climate?

    Commenting on Leeds Bradford Airport’s expansion proposals, Leeds City Council’s Nature Team say they don’t have confidence in the...
    • Aug 6, 2020
    • 3 min

    Press Release: LBA's New Economic Report Effectively Claims Airport is 'Immune' from COVID-19 Impact

    Campaigners against the proposed expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) have criticised a new report issued by AMP Capital, the...
    • Aug 3, 2020
    • 4 min

    Press Release: Leeds City Council Fails to Answer Legal Letter from GALBA on Pre-COVID Jobs Claims

    Leeds City Council fails to answer legal letter from airport campaigners warning it would be ‘unlawful’ to approve Leeds Bradford...
    • Jul 9, 2020
    • 5 min

    Press Release: Communities, MPs & Councillors Oppose LBA's Plans, Help Needed for Redundant Workers

    Airport campaigners praise West Yorkshire communities, MPs and councillors and for opposing Leeds Bradford Airport expansion and call on...
    • Jul 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    Press Release: Natural England Warns LCC that LBA’s Expansion Plans Put Local Countryside at Risk

    Commenting on plans to expand Leeds Bradford Airport, the countryside watchdog Natural England has told Leeds City Council that “there is...
    • Jul 6, 2020
    • 4 min

    Press Release: LBA CEO ‘Economical with the Facts’ about Noise from from Proposed Airport Expansion

    Airport campaigners have accused LBA’s chief executive of being selective with the facts in a letter he sent to local councillors and...
    Mission Against Emissions Song and Video
    • Jul 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    Mission Against Emissions Song and Video

    Hazel Thompson has created this fantastic little song and video detailing the reasons why we should reject the airport expansion. Super...
    • Jul 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    Press Release: GALBA Calls on Government & LCC to Help Airport Workers Move into Sustainable Jobs

    The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport has written to all Leeds MPs and Leeds City Council asking them to help local people find...
    • Jun 26, 2020
    • 1 min

    Stop Leeds Bradford Expansion - Protect Our Greenbelt!

    We’ve all seen LBA’s drawings of the proposed new terminal. But the Council’s landscape team think it will be a blot on the landscape and...
    • Jun 19, 2020
    • 4 min

    Press Release: When is an Expansion Not an Expansion? When it's an LBA Expansion!

    Airport campaigners have reacted with a mixture of surprise and anger at the bizarre claim by the chief executive of Leeds Bradford...
    North Leeds Transport Forum Flyer- More Night Flights, More Noise at Night
    • Jun 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    North Leeds Transport Forum Flyer- More Night Flights, More Noise at Night

    North West Leeds Transport Forum have produced another flyer highlighting the noise implications of LBA's proposals.
    • Jun 11, 2020
    • 3 min

    Press Release: A Fifth Leeds MP Says No to LBA Expansion - Fabian Hamilton

    All five Labour MPs in Leeds have now publicly stated they oppose the proposed expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport. Fabian Hamilton, MP...
    • Jun 9, 2020
    • 8 min

    Press Release: 90 Academics Sign Open Letter to Leeds City Council Opposing Expansion of LBA

    In a dramatic development of the argument about the proposed expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport 90 academics have signed a letter...
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      Latest News

      GALBA Calls on LBA Owners to Invest £125m in West Yorkshire to Create Jobs that Cut Fuel Bills

      • Mar 18
      GALBA Calls on LBA Owners to Invest £125m in West Yorkshire to Create Jobs that Cut Fuel Bills

      Campaigners Against Airport Expansion Celebrate Success as LBA Withdraws its Planning Application

      • Mar 10

      GALBA Condemns Leeds City Council Decision to Back LBA at Public Inquiry

      • Mar 4

      GALBA Calls on Leeds City Council to Remain Neutral at LBA Public Inquiry

      • Feb 22

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