Sheffield Townhall

Sheffield Council must pay grants out to small businesses urgently

21st April 2020

New figures show that Sheffield lags behind other Yorkshire authorities when it comes to paying out grant funding to businesses in the lockdown.

Cllrs Paul Turpin and Douglas Johnson

Sheffield Greens call for the government to guarantee investment in South Yorkshire after Brexit

12th March 2020

Green Councillors have raised questions about replacing lost EU funding after Brexit

Sheffield Green Party Councillors

Sheffield Green Party Table Amendments to Council Budget

3rd March 2020

Sheffield’s Green Party councillors have tabled a series of amendments to the administration’s annual budget.

Sheffield Townhall

On May 7th you can turn around a broken democracy in Sheffield

6th February 2020

The Planning & Highways Committee meeting on January 28th underlined the woeful state of democracy in Sheffield.

Sheffield Green Party Councillors

Green Party proposals to February’s Council

4th February 2020

Green Party councillors have submitted a raft of proposals to the full meeting of Sheffield City Council in February

Sheffield Green Party proposals for council committee system

27th January 2020

Sheffield City Council has to come up with a model for how a new committee system will work. Sheffield Green Party submitted outline proposals to the council.

Douglas Johnson

Greens welcome e-bikes to make roads safer from dangerous parking

22nd January 2020

A Green Party suggestion to make roads and pavements safer from illegal parking is taking off, as a trial of e-bikes is being supplied to parking enforcement officers.

Christine Gilligan Kubo

Sheffield needs to see climate emergency action now

4th January 2020

Under irresistible pressure from the Green Party and Extinction Rebellion, the Labour-run council declared a climate emergency on February 6th 2019.

Martin Phipps

We must restore democracy to the council

3rd January 2020

Sheffield City Council has a new interim Chief Executive (Charlie Adan) until a permanent appointment is made in 6 months time.

Cllr Ruth Mersereau

Green councillor removed from committee for opposing Labour’s job cuts

20th December 2019

A councillor has been removed from a council committee for supporting trade unions against job cuts being driven by Sheffield’s Labour Administration.

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