29th July, 2010
Sheffield Green Party has put forward alternative proposals for Sheffield Council’s budget, while stressing again that spending cuts are unnecessary and unfair. The Greens’ alternative budget emphasises job creation and the safeguarding of services for young people. Their budget modifies some of the ... Read more
26th July, 2010
Sheffield Green Party has stressed again that the coalition Government’s spending cuts are unnecessary and unfair. And the Greens have also spoken out against the Sheffield Lib Dem Council’s cuts. Instead, Green Councillors are proposing an alternative budget which invests ... Read more
22nd June, 2010
Speech at Trade Council Rally in response to coalition government budget announcement. Sheffield Town Hall steps 22nd June 2010. Delivered by Co-Chair Sheffield Green Party Bernard Little. “Cuts to public expenditure are destructive and unnecessary. Quite apart from the immorality ... Read more
2nd May, 2010
The Greens have criticised the LibDem administration of Sheffield City Council for failing to meet this year’s targets for renewable energy. The city has a Regional Spatial Strategy target of 10.6 megawatts of renewable energy reneration by 2010 and a ... Read more
22nd March, 2010
Dear sir I have a few things in common with Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg. We are both candidates in the Sheffield Hallam constituency in the general election. We are both 43 and we were both at university during the ... Read more
7th March, 2010
Jillian Creasy gave a rousing speech at the rally for jobs on Friday http://www.y-hgreenparty.org.uk/2010/mar/0603-jillian-creasy-sheffield-collage.shtml#vid She said I am a Councillor in the Green Group on Sheffield City Council, I am the Green Party candidate for Central constituency and I am ... Read more
6th March, 2010
GREEN BUDGET WOULD CREATE JOBS The Green Party say that their budget proposals would create jobs in energy saving and regeneration, waste reduction and food production, as well as saving Council jobs that are under threat. The money would come ... Read more
5th March, 2010
This council: 1. Believes that the main challenges facing Sheffield, as the rest of the world, are the gross inequalities between rich and poor and the twin threats of resource depletion and climate change; 2. Has a vision for Sheffield ... Read more
3rd March, 2010
Sheffield Green Party took a motion to Full Council yesterday (March 3rd) to address the issue of pay inequality between men and women employees Councillor Bernard Little said, “The Green Party believe that sex discrimination is wrong in principle and ... Read more
16th February, 2010
Sheffield Green Party has objected again to Tesco’s proposal to build a convenience store at the junction of Commonside and Springvale Road in the Crookesmoor area. Like many local residents, the Greens objected to Tesco’s earlier application in April 2009. ... Read more