Responding to news that St Ives Mount in Armley, West Leeds, has won a BBC Radio Five Live competition to find Britain’s friendliest street, John Battle MP said:

“Congratulations to residents of St Ives Mount on winning this competition. In West Leeds and elsewhere, we need to build up communities, street by street, where people know one another and help each other out – and so this competition win is definitely a step in the right direction.

Things like the production of the recent Armley calendar, street gatherings, and other local events help to build up a feeling of community – and I hope winning the competition will mean we continue to see more of it in the future in the area.”

©John Battle MP 15 January 2007