Labour leader welcomed by social class in eg Leeds (6)
I believe the answer is:
castle
'leeds' is the definition.
(Leeds Castle is a castle in Kent)
'labour leader welcomed by social class' is the wordplay.
'labour leader' becomes 'l' (the leading letter of 'labour').
'welcomed by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (letters welcomed inside).
'social class' becomes 'caste' (caste is a kind of social class).
'l' inserted into 'caste' is 'CASTLE'.
'in eg' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for castle that I've seen before include "ancient building?" , "Stronghold - rook" , "Chateau" , "Fort" , "Another word for chess rook" .)