Keep Leeds Working Campaign

EDM number 1568 in 2008-09, proposed by Greg Mulholland on 02/06/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Employment.

That this House congratulates the Yorkshire Evening Post on its Keep Leeds Working campaign; welcomes the scheme, which will include a special jobs supplement offering help and advice to jobseekers and budding entrepreneurs as well as featuring hundreds of job vacancies; laments that in these difficult economic times searching for jobs can be a challenging and demoralising task; notes the positive impact this campaign will have for the people of Leeds; recognises the essential role that local press play in communicating job information to the local community; and hopes that other newspapers will follow the example of the Yorkshire Evening Post and do what they can to help local residents during the recession.

This motion has been signed by a total of 9 MPs.