Yorkshire Evening Post corrects Leeds population projections error

27 June 2025

The Yorkshire Evening Post has corrected a story about projections for the population of Leeds after being contacted by Full Fact.

The headline and first paragraph of its original story claimed the population of the city was set to “soar by nearly 900,000” over the next decade, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

However the story went on to explain that the ONS had projected growth of 8%, which would take the population from its 2022 total of 820,802 to 886,763 by mid-2032.

This increase of around 65,000 would take the population of Leeds to close to 900,000, not increase it by that number, as the original headline suggested.

After being contacted by Full Fact, the Yorkshire Evening Post amended its story. We are grateful to them for doing so.

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