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RE-ELECT KAREN BRUCE ON THURSDAY 7 MAY to ght for Rothwell, Woodlesford, Oulton and Carlton

Thursday May 7th

Re-elect

Promoted by Stuart Bruce on behalf of Karen Bruce both at 36 Town Street, Carlton, Rothwell WF3 3QU . Printed by Angus Print (TU) Unit 2B2 Seacroft Industrial Estate LS14 2AQ

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Windmill saved New re station Safer roads

Karen Bruce is an independent minded local councillor who stands up for local people and always puts your interests before those of town hall bureaucrats or party politics.

Just days after being elected she had to stand up to the council to save Dolphin Manor care home. Shes stood up to the council and the gov-ernment and won to save Rothwell re station and this month celebrated saving Windmill youth and community centre from closure.

Karen Bruce works closely with Cllr David Nagle and is helped by your local Labour team who are from every walk of lifepeople just like you: nurses, retired, sales managers, self-employed, barristers and ex-miners.

Karen is a full-time councillor and lives in Rothwell with her husband Stuart and her seven-year old daughter who attends a local school.

The video and this newsletter highlight some of the things Karen has achieved over her last four years of serving the community and some of the things she wants to achieve if you vote for her in the local elections.

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Supporting community events like Rothwell Carnival and Wood-lesford and Oulton Fun Day

Councillors advice sessions Brew tea rooms Commercial Street, Rothwell First Friday of month 10.30-11:30 Midland House Midland Street, Woodlesford Second Saturday of month 10.00-11:00 Rothwell Morrisons Third Saturday of month 10.30-11:30 Roving street surgeries on your street Karen and David also do weekly roving street surgeries visiting different neighbourhoods every week. Not in August, December or bank holidays

Promoted by Stuart Bruce on behalf of Karen Bruce both at 36 Town Street, Carlton, Rothwell WF3 3QU . Printed by Angus Print (TU) Unit 2B2 Seacroft Industrial Estate LS14 2AQ

Please use both your votes on Thursday, May 7 Vote for Karen Bruce and Veronica King

Get in touch

Cllr David Nagle david@rothwelllabour.org.uk

07946 276804

Cllr Karen Bruce karen@rothwelllabour.org.uk

0113 282 5321

@karenbruce

Rothwell News Community events Karen and David regularly attend local commu-nity events and often have a Rothwell Labour councillors stall offering help and advice and often fun things to do. Watch out for us at: Rothwell May Day Tea Cosy Caf Rothwell Carnival Carlton Rhubarbfest Woodlesford and Oulton Fun Day Rothwell Christmas Fair And many more.

Fighting to protect our greenbelt and campaigning for affordable homes to be built on browneld sites rst

Campaigning with Leeds MPs to save Childrens Heart Unit

Started new advice session in Morrisons to make it easier for busy residents to see their councillor Successfully fought the council to

save Windmill Youth Club

Led a community campaign to stop the closure of Rothwell re station. It was so successful a new re station opens this spring!

Karen has already got 20mph zones in Woodlesford, Haigh Road and Carlton. Re-elect her to ght for safer roads, said Trish Wilson of Leeds Wakeeld Road Action Group

Helped get new caf opened in Springhead Park in time for summer

Campaigning to im-prove and protect bus services with Angela Kellett, chair of Roth-well Tenants and Res-idents Association and parliamentary candi-date Veronica King Saving Dolphin Manor care home

from closure so it can be run by a community trust

In the face of Tory/Lib government cuts vot-ed to protect local po-lice community support officers and protect all our childrens centres. Karen said: A good start for children and protecting our neigh-bourhoods are prori-ties.

Lobbied the council to get blue disa-bled parking badges back for local charities FDM and Rothwell Rollers

Work with Peter Smith to help and sup-port Tea Cosy Caf and make Rothwell the rst dementia friendly town in Leeds

Karen works hard for the community getting funds to pay for new equipment like the zip wire and climbing frame which will benet all young people, said Gordon Dick, Carlton. Karen said: If re-elected I want to get a new playground and zip wire in Springhead and Woodlesford parks and a new skate park.

Working with James Lewis, chair of transport at West Yorkshire Combined Authority to secure better public transport in the Rothwell area including Wood-lesford station improvements, more carriages and later trains

Speaking up for Woodlesford residents hit by Tory/Lib Dem government plans for HS2 route

Karen Bruce with Woodlesford residents talking to Andy Burnham, Labours shad-ow health secretary, about protecting the NHS from Tory/Lib Dem cuts

Health and wellbeing day at Blackburn Hall to support older people to live active lives in our community

Run meet your Roth-well Labour council-lors stall at communi-ty events, to provide advice and campaign to save local services

Supporting the Scarecrow Festi-val to help small businesses bring more visitors to Rothwell

Watch my video and nd out why I love representing the people of Roth-well, Woodlesford, Oulton and Carlton

bit.ly/rothwellvideo

Lots done, more to do... Vote to re-elect Councillor Karen Bruce