Intro Leaflet - Adam Wilson

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James Dalgleish Candidate for Leith Walk Ward and Co-Operative Positive Ideas. New Action. About James Dalgleish - Your Scottish Labour and Co-Operative candidate for the Leith Walk ward. Leith Walk local, James Dalgleish is your Scottish Labour We need bold action to tackle the issues in and Co-Operative candidate for the Council elections our City, for example I will support the taking place on 5th May 2022. If elected he would stand Tourist Tax, which will bring much needed up for our residents, fight for investment in our funds into Leith Walk and directly address community and make Edinburgh a city that we can be issues from the cleanliness and state of our proud to call home. streets to investing in our parks and green spaces. James Dalgleish said, "Like you, Leith Walk is my home, and the home to three generations of my family. The issues that It would be an honour and a privilege to affect you, your friends and loved ones, affect me too. represent Leith Walk in the city chambers. I look forward to meeting and talking to as Leith Walk has been, and continues to be, affected by the many local residents during this campaign COVID-19 pandemic. I have seen first hand the impact to set out my vision for Leith Walk." COVID-19 has had on local businesses and on people’s mental health and wellbeing. As the pandemic continues, the poverty and cost of living crisis faced by too many people in Leith Walk only worsens." Get in touch with James [email protected] If elected in May, James is committed to standing up for Leith Walk. He said, "I want to represent Leith Walk in www.jamesdalgleish.co.uk Council, not the Council in Leith Walk. I will be a Councillor who’s focused on tackling poverty, James Dalgleish for Leith Walk securing quality, affordable housing, fighting for investments in our children and young people and making @james_dalgleish sure the city they will grow up in will be a clean and environmentally responsible one. jamesforleithwalk Standing up for our city James is committed to standing up for Leith Walk and for our city. If elected he will be a strong voice for the funding and powers our city need to be a vibrant, dynamic capital and the best city to live in. James said, "Living in Leith Walk I want only the best for our area - our residents and our local businesses. If elected, I will be a strong voice for our city. I will always oppose austerity cuts to our council's budget and instead fight for investment in schools and hospitals and the powers to tackle local challenges and create high skilled, high paid jobs. Action on local housing Active and Public Travel As a local resident James knows that the lack of There is wide spread public support across Leith affordable housing in Leith Walk is a real issue. Too Walk for investment in a public transport network many properties across the ward are let out on a and to increase investment in active travel. short term basis. If elected James would work to make sure living in Leith Walk is accessible to all. James said, "Edinburgh has a fantastic bus service in Lothian buses. The pandemic has had James said, "Across Leith Walk we see more and an impact on its operations and has resulted in more properties being used for short term lets, service cuts due to driver self isolation which is particularly on Air BnB. As a result there are less completely understandable. properties for local people to rent, and rent prices are kept artificially high. Coming out of the pandemic we must invest in Lothian buses to ensure services continue to The SNP Scottish Government have been slow to deliver for everyone in Leith Walk. In addition, act. If elected I'll fight for the powers to regulate investment must be made to decarbonise our short term lets in our city and ensure those powers city's bus network. are implemented as quickly as possible. If elected in May I will make the case for 10% of We also need more social housing available here, our city's transport budget to be allocated to so local people are not priced out of living in Leith active travel measures. This would mean more Walk. If elected I will fight for investment in quality money for dedicated cycle and foot paths across social housing in our area." our city." Printed by Print Sponge, 109 Brunswick Street, Edinburgh, EH7 5HR. Promoted by Adam Wilson on behalf of James Dalgleish both at 78 Buccleuch Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9NH