28th April, 2010
By Sheffield Green Party Councillor Bernard Little, candidate for Broomill Ward About 600 people are killed or seriously injured on the roads of South Yorkshire every year. Although of course the toll is still unacceptably high, the numbers have been ... Read more
22nd April, 2010
Friends of the Earth are one of many organisations asking candidates like me to make election pledges. They want every Council to have a carbon budget; investment in the low carbon economy; strong international action against climate change; and to ... Read more
19th April, 2010
I attended the meeting in Norfolk Park last Tuesday with Lord Adonis. Your coverage of his visit to Sheffield makes it appear that campaigners are happy with Labour’s “solution”. The Green Party have been active in the campaign for the ... Read more
6th April, 2010
Dear Editor. Mark Gamsu’s letter (Telegraph, April 1st) is asking precisely the questions about the employment and environmental impact of the new recycling service that the Green Councillors have been asking of Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed in the Council chamber for ... Read more
30th March, 2010
Sir, The agreement to cut nuclear warheads between Russian and USA is to be welcomed. It is timed to set an example to other countries ahead of the Nuclear Non Profileration Treaty review conference in May. 189 countries are signed ... 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
19th March, 2010
Dear Sir We in the Green Party have proposed and continue to promote the creation of many jobs in the low-carbon economy that Lord Mandelson has so trumpeted in our region.But we define that phrase – “low carbon” – quite ... Read more
24th February, 2010
Dear Sir The Conservatives have committed their support for the £675 million Private Finance Initiative to rebuild Sheffield’s roads (The Star 22 February 2010). Labour and the Liberal Democrats already favour this scheme. However it is one huge rip-off for ... Read more
12th February, 2010
Dear Sir/Madam, The shift of council customer support to a private company was rightly criticised by the Star (Transfer Plan Job Fears and Star Editorial.Feb 6th). Capita have promised greater efficiency and the experience to quickly change services over to ... Read more
2nd February, 2010
Dear Sir I am responding to M Vaughan’s letter (Bring in a “living wage” at council, 28th Jan). Nationally, the Green Party has spearheaded a campaign to establish a Living Wage for all areas of the country. Whereas the National ... Read more