I live in the ward just off Fulwood Road. I am a keen cyclist and involved in Sheffield campaigns to promote cycling and the interests of all cyclists. This includes campaigning for a citywide 20mph speed limit on residential roads to cut accidents and make our streets safer for everyone including children. The Green Party is working with cycle campaign groups in the city to push the council to implement this quickly.

Sheffield council and budget cuts

While Labour and the Lib Dems on Sheffield Council fight each other over small differences our city suffers. Green Councillors have offered real alternatives for residents eg :

• Opposition to the Highways PFI on the grounds of it’s huge, rising cost.
• Help for local people most affected by the proposed change to fortnightly bin collections.

Green councillors fought to stop the cuts from government unfairly affecting the most vulnerable. Our council budget for 2012/13 tried to cut backroom functions and the wages of top executives. We wanted to :

• support frontline services like Citizen’s Advice and the Youth Service
• support children, elderly and disabled people
• raise standards in private-rented housing
• stop cuts to teams fighting anti-social behaviour

But we were voted down by Labour and the Lib Dems