Axing festive lights switch-on is attacked by councillor
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A SENIOR politician has claimed the council’s decision to scrap its annual Christmas lights event but continue to spend money on the Leeds 2023 culture programme is “ridiculous”.
As part of Leeds Council’s budget-setting, the authority announced it would drop its Christmas
lights switch-on and screenings of international football.
The authority said it was making the changes to plug an £87m black hole in its finances and has claimed the lights display would still be on the same scale as in previous years.
Leeds 2023 is set to be an
“extraordinary, year-long programme of creative experiences” designed to increase footfall and participation in cultural events.
But Coun Mark Dobson (Ind), a former member of the authority’s executive board, has called the project “speculative” and believes the money could be better spent on tried-and-tested ways of bringing people into the city centre.
He said: “They are saying there is money available for Leeds 2023, because they say there is a claim that it will revitalise the city centre.
“The lights switch-on is definitely a major attraction at a key time of year and it drives footfall into the city centre.”
The authority says that it wants to save £88,000 on the traditional lights switch-on, as well as stopping screening international football in Millennium Square.
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