Council approves more than £100m of budget savings
Councillors in Leeds have approved budget savings of £103.8m for the next financial year. It means council tax in the city will rise by almost 5% for 2025/26, with a proportion ring-fenced for adult ...
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Consultation starts on 'much-loved' museum future
A consultation has started on proposals to close a nearly 100-year-old social history museum in Leeds. The city council has proposed permanently closing Abbey House Museum to the public ...
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Museum to stay open as council budget finalised
Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall opened in 1927 and is known for its replica Victorian streets and vintage penny slot machines. Leeds City Council ran a consultation on the future of the museum as ...
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'We need people through the museum door'
For 873 years, Grade II-listed Abbey House has stood in the shadow of Kirkstall Abbey, three miles west of Leeds city centre. Since 1927, the museum has afforded a window into Victorian Yorkshire ...