Feb 18, 20211 minModel Motion for Trade Union BranchesWe've drafted a model motion to propose to any trade union branches you may be a member of. (Name of branch) utterly rejects the recent...
Feb 15, 20212 minPress Release: GALBA Highlights Irony of Leeds Winning Funds for 'Green Finance' HubImage credit: Neil Terry. The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport has reacted to the news that Leeds will receive £10 million to...
Feb 13, 20211 minHelp Us Raise Funds for Our Legal Challenge Leeds City Council's Decision!We've launched a crowd funder on Just Giving to raise funds for specialist legal representation and other advisers. Please make a...
Feb 11, 20211 minPress Release: GALBA's Response to LBA Decision GALBA is disappointed that Leeds City Council has chosen to provisionally approve the expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport. This is the...
Feb 10, 20213 minPress Release: Leader of Leeds Lib Dems & Three Conservative Councillors Oppose LBA ExpansionThe day before Leeds City Council decides on controversial proposals to expand Leeds Bradford airport, Stewart Golton (leader of Leeds...
Feb 10, 20211 minGALBA's Letter to Council Plans Panel - Sound Legal Reasons to Refuse LBA's ProposalGALBA has sent a final short letter to the Leeds City Council Plans Panel, prepared with the legal advice from our barrister. It's a...
Feb 10, 20213 minDestination Unknown for Region’s Airport - Cllr Stewart Golton, Leader, Liberal Democrat Group, LCCI am proud of the time I spent as part of the travel industry. From humble holiday rep to Chair of the Board of Leeds Bradford Airport, I...
Feb 8, 20215 minOpen Letter - MPs, Councillors, Scientists and Community Groups Oppose LBA ExpansionThe following is an open letter to LCC councillors, written by GALBA & supported by various groups. Dear Councillor In a few days, 13...
Feb 4, 20211 minLBA’s Economic Claims - The Numbers Don’t Add UpThe New Economic Forum has raised an objection to LBA's economic claims on its proposal.
Feb 2, 20212 minPress Release: LBA Expansion Deadline Announced & GALBA Welcomes Imran Hussain's SupportLeeds Bradford Airport expansion decision date announced as campaigners welcome support from Imran Hussain, MP Bradford East. With a...
Jan 28, 20211 minGALBA's LBA Expansion Objection on HealthThis explains the damage that LBA expansion would do to our health.
Jan 28, 20211 minGALBA's Response to Further Information Submitted by LBA (NOTAM)Here is GALBA’s response to LBA’s recent Further Information Reports. This concerns the mistakes made by LBA about the existing...
Jan 22, 20211 minContact the Councillors who Decide LBA's Planning ApplicationWe don’t yet know when the City Plans Panel of Leeds City Council will decide whether to approve or reject LBA’s planning application. It...
Dec 16, 20204 minPress Release: New Report Warns LBA Expansion Would Be 'Poor Value for Money'New report warns that Leeds Bradford Airport expansion would be ‘poor value for money’ and could take £1 billion out of the local economy...
Dec 10, 20203 minPress Release: GALBA Welcomes New Advice from Government Climate ExpertsThe Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA) has welcomed the latest advice to government from the Committee on Climate Change...
Dec 7, 20202 minPress Release: GALBA Asks Information Commissioner to Make LCC Publish its Legal AdviceThe Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA) is demanding that Leeds City Council makes public legal advice it has received...
Nov 17, 20204 minPress Release: LBA Expansion Could See Up to £3.1bn Leave the Local Economy in Economic RecessionNew analysis shows that plans for the airport’s expansion also overestimated the number of new jobs by over a third. The proposed Leeds...
Nov 13, 20203 minPress Release: GALBA Highlights Call for End to Night Time FlyingThe Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA) has added its voice to national calls for an end to night time flying. In a letter...
Nov 12, 20203 minPress Release: GALBA Airport Expansion Expose ‘Fundamental Mistake’ in LBA's Planning AppThe Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport has revealed that the airport’s controversial expansion plans contain a fundamental...
Nov 10, 20202 minPress Release: Campaigners Against Airport Expansion Welcome Support from Bradford MP, Naz ShahThe Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA) has welcomed support for their campaign to stop airport expansion from the MP for...