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    • May 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Press Release: GALBA Asks Stuart Andrew MP For a Simple Answer - Should There Be a Public Inquiry?

    Campaigners against Leeds Bradford Airport expansion ask Stuart Andrew MP for a straightforward answer: should there be a public inquiry?...
    • May 21, 2021
    • 5 min

    LBA Will Cause Climate Damage Up To Six Times Worse Than Airport Claims

    Climate impact of Leeds Bradford Airport expansion will be up to six times worse than previously claimed Expansion proposal from Leeds...
    More than 50,000 people call for Public Inquiry on Leeds Bradford Airport expansion.
    • May 21, 2021
    • 4 min

    More than 50,000 people call for Public Inquiry on Leeds Bradford Airport expansion.

    Today, three West Yorkshire teenagers will hand-deliver a petition signed by more than 54,000 people to the Communities Secretary Robert...
    • May 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    Press Release: GALBA Supports Call for Immediate Halt on Expansion of All UK Airports

    The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA) has joined 15 other national and community campaign groups calling for an...
    • May 5, 2021
    • 3 min

    GALBA Writes to Sec of State About Misleading Northern Powerhouse Letter

    To: PCU@communities.gov.uk Cc: jenrickr@parliament.uk Re: Leeds Bradford Airport, application ref no: 20/02559/FU Dear Mr Jenrick, I...
    • May 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    Press Release: GALBA Responds to Northern Powerhouse's LBA Survey

    The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA) has responded to media reports of a Northern Powerhouse survey on airport...
    Press Release: GALBA Calls on Director of the Northern Powerhouse to Retract Misleading Claims
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 4 min

    Press Release: GALBA Calls on Director of the Northern Powerhouse to Retract Misleading Claims

    GALBA calls on Henri Murison, Director of the Northern Powerhouse, to retract misleading claims about Leeds Bradford Airport expansion in...
    Press Release: GALBA Welcomes Government's Commitment to Make Big Cuts in Greenhouse Gases by 2035
    • Apr 20, 2021
    • 2 min

    Press Release: GALBA Welcomes Government's Commitment to Make Big Cuts in Greenhouse Gases by 2035

    The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA) has cautiously welcomed reports that the government will announce a new commitment...
    Press Release: YouGov Poll Shows UK Business Air Travel Will Not Recover to Pre-Covid Levels
    • Apr 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    Press Release: YouGov Poll Shows UK Business Air Travel Will Not Recover to Pre-Covid Levels

    New research by the polling organisation YouGov has found that most UK business travellers will fly less often than before the Covid...
    Press Release: Decision on Whether to Hold Public Inquiry into LBA Expansion Delayed
    • Apr 7, 2021
    • 2 min

    Press Release: Decision on Whether to Hold Public Inquiry into LBA Expansion Delayed

    A decision by Secretary of State Robert Jenrick on whether to ‘call in’ the proposed expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport was expected...
    Press Release: GALBA Welcomes Rejection of Southhampton Airport Expansion
    • Mar 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Press Release: GALBA Welcomes Rejection of Southhampton Airport Expansion

    Campaigners welcome rejection of Southampton airport expansion and call for a public inquiry into Leeds Bradford Airport, as petition...
    79 West Yorkshire Orgs & Cllrs Write to Gov Asking for Public Inquiry on LBA Expansion
    • Mar 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    79 West Yorkshire Orgs & Cllrs Write to Gov Asking for Public Inquiry on LBA Expansion

    79 West Yorkshire community groups, environmental organisations and councillors from all parties have written to Robert Jenrick...
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 1 min

    GALBA Welcomes Alex Sobel MP's Support in Calling-In the LBA Expansion Application

    Alex Sobel, the MP for Leeds North West, has written to Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local...
    • Mar 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    GALBA's Response to Leeds City Council Plans Panel's Confirmation of LBA Expansion Approval

    Despite councillor after councillor expressing unhappiness at the conditions offered by LBA, it looks like threat of an appeal by the...
    Press Release: GALBA Calls on New Council Leader to Prove He is 'Passionate About Climate Change'
    • Mar 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    Press Release: GALBA Calls on New Council Leader to Prove He is 'Passionate About Climate Change'

    On Thursday 11 March, Leeds councillors will meet again to consider Leeds Bradford Airport’s planning application. Campaigners from the...
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Friends of the Earth's Legal Letter to Leeds City Council Plans Panel

    Solicitors of Friends of the Earth have sent the following legal letter to Leeds City Council's Plans panel outlining some legal issues...
    Press Release: 246 Uni of Leeds Staff and Researchers ask Robert Jenrick to ‘Call in’ LBA Decision
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 5 min

    Press Release: 246 Uni of Leeds Staff and Researchers ask Robert Jenrick to ‘Call in’ LBA Decision

    246 University of Leeds staff and postgraduate researchers ask Robert Jenrick to ‘call in’ the decision on Leeds Bradford Airport In a...
    246 Staff From the University of Leeds Professors Sign Letter Asking to Call In LBA Decision
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    246 Staff From the University of Leeds Professors Sign Letter Asking to Call In LBA Decision

    Attached is a letter from 246 University of Leeds staff and postgraduate researchers asking Robert Jenrick to ‘call in’ the decision on...
    Press Release: Leeds Bradford Airport - The Next Cumbria Coal Mine Case
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    Press Release: Leeds Bradford Airport - The Next Cumbria Coal Mine Case

    On 11 February, Leeds City Council (LCC) provisionally approved a planning application to expand Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), despite...
    • Feb 18, 2021
    • 1 min

    GALBA's Request to the Secretary of State - Call In the LBA Expansion

    This letter is a request from Estelle Dehon acting on behalf of the Group for Action on LBA to the Secretary of State, Robert Jenrick MP,...
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      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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