Andrew Cooper | Sheffield Green Party

Councillor Peter Garbutt has written to South Yorkshire Police’s Chief Constable Lauren Poultney calling on her to review their partnership with the shooting lobbyists, the British Association of Shooting and Conservation (BASC).

BASC have reported that they have been providing classes teaching pupils about the management of local moorland. (1)
South Yorkshire Police in an email from the Sheffield Northwest Neighbourhood Policing Team stated that they

“came together with our partners in BASC and game keepers/landowners to put on the annual Let’s Learn Moors Event. This event is for children from local junior schools and aims to give them an insight into rural life and how to safely use our beautiful moors and countryside and is free so as not to put a bar on any child being able to attend.

School children from 6 different schools, including Stannington, attended the event with teachers and spent the day working through different bases on site”.

Green Party Councillor Peter Garbutt, who is a member of the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel and also on the Council’s Education, Children and Families Policy Committee, said in a letter to the Chief Constable,

“We note that you have partnered with these groups to put on an event, the aim of which was to give school children ‘an insight into rural life.’

Our concern centres around the police aligning themselves in an educational capacity with a lobby group which has the political aim of promoting the maintenance of grouse moors for driven shooting, where there are other conflicting political viewpoints; the police are required to be above politics in this and in all matters. We are concerned for example that none of the groups you partnered with for this event would feature education around the damage driven grouse shooting is doing to the upland environment, for example;

· Its impact on neighbouring areas (e.g. smoke and flooding);
· The artificial maintenance of low levels of biodiversity;
· The prevention of tree growth and damage to peat, both important carbon sinks;
· How it will have to change in the face of a changing climate and the longer term need to rewild large areas.

We are also concerned that children have been fed grouse meat that may have significant levels of lead from shot.

We agree that young people need to be educated to value and respect the rural environment. However we are concerned that the absence of any balancing local environmental lobby or special interest groups is likely to create a misleading impression in children’s minds that the status quo is sustainable and has no problems at the level of land management; endorsement from South Yorkshire Police would serve only to reinforce this impression.

We trust that you will broaden any future event to ensure a proper balance of the issues is addressed and that appropriate risk assessments are carried out, in particular in relation to providing food. We will also be asking local Head teachers to respect their duty of impartiality, and to consider the need for children to be educated in a manner that highlights both the positives and negatives of current rural life before authorising such trips.”

References
1) Link to the British Association of Shooting and Conservation’s “Let’s Lean Moor” page
https://basc.org.uk/lets-learn-moor/

2) Copy of SY Police Email

Cllr Douglas Johnson holds the first ticket for the new service.

Councillors Brian Holmshaw and Douglas Johnson with the new FreeBee bus.

Green Party councillors and campaigners are welcoming the success of the campaign to bring back the FreeBee city centre circular bus, after calling for it since 2018. It is now branded as “Sheffield Connect.”

Cllr Douglas Johnson commented,

“Transport is all about connecting people up with where they want to go and I am so pleased to see the FreeBee bus return to the city centre.

“As Executive Member for Climate Change and Transport last year, I worked to promote the FreeBee alongside the opportunities arising from opening up Pinstone St to safer walking and cycling routes. The streamlining of existing bus routes – to make them move more quickly through the city centre – was to be helped by a connecting city centre circular bus.

“Good bus connections benefit everyone. The FreeBee bus originally ran from 2007 to 2014 when it was cut by a previous administration. Since 2018, Green councillors have been calling for its return, with costed proposals being included in our budget amendments since 2019.

“I am delighted that the bus will be free of charge to anyone who has got the bus or tram into town. This is really important for access, encouragement and bus loading times.”

Green transport campaigner, Thomas Atkin, added,

“The Sheffield Connect is great news for Sheffield City Centre. As a disabled person and as a carer, having the Sheffield Connect means no more having to get on certain buses because they drop me near the station. It makes it easier to get around town whichever direction you come from.

“It will give people with disabilities greater access to the city centre than previously. Sheffield Connect is the gateway to our City Centre for people arriving fresh faced at the station, for students of all ages and for people who have lived here all their lives.”

Whilst Cllr Douglas Johnson was the Executive Member for Transport, a council priority for electric buses was the city centre FreeBee. Cllr Johnson explained,

“The bid for grant funding to the Department for Transport has been successful but it takes time to procure all the electric buses required.”

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NOTES TO EDITORS

1. The previous FreeBee was withdrawn as a cost-saving measure in 2014
2. The Green councillors’ amendment to a motion at the council meeting in June 2018 called for a return of the FreeBee city-centre bus service and an integrated ticketing system across all public transport.
3. Under the Green budget proposals, the vehicles used for the FreeBee service would be buses in public ownership.

Greens expressed bitter disappointment in Labour and Lib Dem Councillors at the Sheffield City Council meeting on Wednesday 20th July, when they failed to come up with any realistic proposals to address the 30% cuts to bus services proposed for the Autumn.

Councillor Douglas Johnson said,

“Both Labour and the Lib Dems rightly chose to discuss bus services as topics at the full Council meeting as we all know of the expected cuts in services of up to 30% from 4th October. But they both showed they have nothing to offer – just blaming the Government and tinkering around the edges, asking for reviews and for someone else to do something but with nothing that would bring in more funds to support public transport”

“I asked the Council Leader, as a member of the Mayoral Combined Authority, whether he recognised that policies to encourage private car use, such as free parking, undermine public transport.”

The Greens submitted the same amendment to both Labour and LibDem motions. They highlighted the option of introducing an Employers Workplace Parking Levy which brings in £9 million every year in Nottingham to support public transport initiatives and better facilities for walkers and cyclists. Greens also proposed lower fares for public transport balanced by higher parking fees for private cars and better enforcement of pavement parking and other offences.

Councillor Johnson said,

“Complaining about rising fares, unreliable services and cuts to bus routes is easy. Our amendment proposed that this council needs to grapple with the difficult questions of what is in our control that will have a positive impact on public transport. We need to encourage those who can to get out of their cars and use buses and trams instead. At the moment, relatively low cost parking and free access to drive into the city centre means there is no incentive to do that for anyone who can afford to run their own private vehicle.

The public looks to local politicians to come up with realistic and proven solutions to failing public transport, carbon emissions, clean air, equality of access and the cost of living. If people are going to have faith in politicians, they are going to want to see more than just hand wringing; they want to see action. Sadly, Labour and LibDem councillors joined forces to rule out even looking at these options.”

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Under current proposals, bus services in Sheffield could be cut by up to 30% from 4th October 2022, when Covid-related Government subsidy comes to an end. Like all areas of the country, bus patronage is only about 72% of its pre-Covid levels.

The Green councillors’ amendment states:

Amendment to be moved by Councillor Douglas Johnson, seconded by Councillor Bernard Little

That the Motion now submitted be amended by the addition of new paragraphs (j) to (o) as follows:-

(j) believes that politicians across South Yorkshire have undermined public transport for many years by promoting individual car use, through providing free or low-cost car parking in town / city centres, ineffective and insufficient parking enforcement and active opposition to improvement measures like bus lanes or residents’ parking schemes;
(k) regrets the lack of ambition set out in the Bus Service Improvement Plan submitted to the Government by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and in particular that “success” would have meant fewer people using buses in the future;
(l) notes that bus operators are commercial companies and are not primarily there to provide a public service; and therefore believes in a need for public ownership and control of buses;
(m) believes that public transport is an equality issue, as only 35% of the population in the bottom 10% of wealth own a car, whereas 93% of the top 10% own at least one;
(n) notes that Yorkshire and Humberside already gets only £500 per head of population spent on transport compared with £1,476 for London (in 2020/21) and believes that the Government cannot be serious about “levelling up” until it guarantees equal funding; and
(o) however, recognises that this Council must do what it can to support as many buses on as many routes as it can and therefore requests the Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee to consider using all the levers at its disposal to make public transport more attractive than private cars, including:-
(i) advertising to promote public transport usage, in particular aimed at those who do not routinely use buses and including through the universities;
(ii) lower fares, multi-operator tickets and tap-on technology as standard;
(iii) measures for multi-modal travel, including bikes on trams;
(iv) higher parking fees for private car ownership;
(v) more priority routes for buses and trams;
(vi) higher quality bus or tram shelters, and staffed bus/tram interchanges;
(vii) more effective enforcement of illegal, selfish and dangerous parking that often goes unchecked;
(viii) schemes such as an employer’s workplace parking levy to reduce the perks of free parking and raise substantial sums to provide improved bus services, tram services and better walking and cycling infrastructure;
(ix) allowing a reasonable increase in regulated taxi fares; and
(x) encouraging innovative neighbourhood community hub bus services that serve local shopping areas.

This feedback on the Council, which lasted nearly 4 hours, are the edited highlights. If you want to watch

the full council meeting and look at the Agenda here is the link

Petitions

A petition was presented by Sheffield TUC calling for Divestment by South Yorkshire Pension Fund from companies that support Israeli settlement on Palestinian land. Points were also made about Government attempts to interfere with the ability of Pension Funds to divest as they see fit.

Public Questions

There was an interesting question by Kate Stott asking SCC to put pressure on South Yorkshire Pension Authority to divest the £230million it invests in fossil fuels and also a call to invest it in local carbon free investments.

Kate said, “We ask Sheffield City Council to deliver on their climate emergency declaration by applying pressure on SYPA to disinvest their holdings in fossil fuel companies”

The response from Labour’s Cllr Julie Grocutt defended continued investment in fossil fuels saying it was a decision for fund managers what they invested in and they could not be directed to invest in local schemes. However, other organisations have funds that are fossil fuel free and are working to completely divest from fossil fuels.

There was a question about what the council was doing to address the Cost of Living crisis from a resident in Stradbroke who spoke passionately about the impact of rising prices on her community. Greens at the previous meeting successfully called for a Cost of Living Action Plan and this has now been produced and is now being acted upon.

Sam Wakeling asked a question regarding Councillor Fox’s inconsistency regarding dealing with the climate crisis and his support for expanding Doncaster-Sheffield Airport. Cllr Fox says “we have to take people with us” and defended Labour’s record but didn’t address the issue of support for airport expansion.It is fair to say that he decided to take offence at Sam Wakeling’s question rather than to address it.

Councillors Questions

Lib Dem leader, Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, asked the Labour Leader Cllr Terry Fox about what he was doing to secure the future of Doncaster Airport? He responded saying he was doing all he can to save Doncaster Airport because it was about the economic regeneration of the area. There was no reference by either of them to the impact of air travel emissions on climate change.

Labour Cllr Tony Damms asked the council to send a letter to the Fire Authority thanking them for their work during the major incident declared during the heatwave. This was seconded by Green Councillor Paul Turpin, also a member of the Fire Authority, who made the links between high temperatures and accelerating Climate Change. The huge resources required to tackle moorland fires make climate change a significant risk factor for South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue.

Cllr Douglas Johnson asked Terry Fox if he had any recognition that the support for private car ownership and use from South Yorkshire councils has undermined public transport. Terry Fox responded by saying the Greens were against people parking outside their own homes. They aren’t and Cllr Fox later retracted this claim.

Cllr Turpin asked why Sheffield Renewables‘ free solar panel installations that they had offered were rejected by the Council. Cllr Terry Fox said he would ask the relevant committee to look into the matter. This is an ongoing frustration for the Green Group.

Cllr Turpin pointed out to Cllr Terry Fox that some Councils like Lewes DC alternate their Council Leaders every 6 months and asked if this could be considered for Sheffield. He didn’t get a positive response. Cllr Fox said that because Sheffield was a big city that this wasn’t viable without explaining why.

Motions – Public Transport, LGBTIQA+ rights and Electric Vehicles on the agenda.

No Green motions on this Agenda this time due to Council rules. The Green Group will next have a chance to submit a motion at the Council meeting in September.

The Lib Dems produced a motion on public transport on the possible 30% cuts to bus services in October and increased fares. Their motion had no credible proposals to address the problem. Cllr Douglas Johnson made the link between promotion by the Council of car ownership through cheaper parking and less patronage of public transport and it is not fair on those people who can’t afford a car. Cllr Bernard Little highlighted the point that there were no serious initiatives in the Lib Dem motion that would reduce fares or improve services.

Labour also brought a motion on bus services and crime which were weaved together with no links made between the 2 issues. Again there were no real suggestions about how we can improve things locally. Greens put an amendment to the 2 motions both promoting policies such as the Employers Workplace Parking Levy, which raises £9 million/year in Nottingham to support public transport and active travel, and also increasing parking charges to help fund alternatives to transport alternatives to the car. Cllr Tina Gilligan pointed out there are too many cars on the road, which have a negative impact on health and that we need well funded alternatives. Cllr Douglas Johnson said that the 2 motions by Labour and the Lib Dems in not providing solutions was just ‘hand wringing’.

As the allotted time for the meeting had elapsed, the motions on LGBTIQA+ rights and Electric vehicles were passed without debate. A Green amendment was passed that pointed out that Electric Vehicles were only an option for wealthier households and that they should not take precedence over investment in public transport and active travel. EVs still have particulate emissions associated with braking and issues like congestion and illegal parking would remain a concern whether vehicles are powered by electricity or fossil fuels.

Labour’s Cllr George Lindars-Hammond & Green Deputy Leader Cllr Angela Argenzio

In what is thought to be a national first, the Green Party have agreed to share the role of Chair with Labour on the new Adult Health and Social Care Committee.

The new Committee system was introduced at Sheffield’s Annual Council meeting on May 18th and under the new Constitution there is the option to have Co-Chairs to run the Committee

The Greens Co-Chair Cllr Angela Argenzio said,

“Adult Health and Social Care is one of the biggest challenges the Council faces. We have growing demand for services and significant funding pressures. It is the area of the Council’s budget where most funding is spent. We need to work in a constructive way across party divides to tackle this important work for the people of Sheffield.

I invited Labour’s Cllr George Lindars-Hammond to be the Co-Chair with me on the Committee. George was Labour’s Lead member for Adult Social Care under the old Cabinet System and I respect and value his knowledge and passion for this vital area of work affecting thousands of vulnerable people.

We need to be pioneers for new ways of working together. We have changed the structure of how the council works, now we need to change the council’s culture and this is an important first step”

“We also want to work collaboratively with the Liberal Democrats and though it would be impractical to share the role of Chair across 3 parties I will ensure the Lib Dems have access to all the briefings I and George have as Co-Chairs”

Cllr Argenzio, who is Deputy Leader of the Green Group retains her role as one of 2 Green Councillors on the Council’s Strategy and Resources Committee.

Councillor Angela Argenzio — Cllr Angela Argenzio

For the first Full Council meeting under the new Committee system, Greens have proposed 3 major initiatives to take the Council forward in what are challenging times financially, both for the Council and local people.

The first initiative is for the Council to develop a Cost of Living Action Plan within 4 months,

Councillor Angela Argenzio, the new Deputy Leader of the Green Group who proposed the motion said,

“Rising costs for food and fuel are not being matched by rising incomes and the poorest are suffering disproportionately because more of their income is spent on the essentials of life. But the number of people who are severely affected by these changes is growing. Though many of the policy solutions to the current crisis are the responsibility of national government that does not mean that we should do nothing locally and that is why we are calling for a Cost of Living crisis action plan so the Council can lead along with our other public and voluntary sector partners in agreeing effective action at a local level to address this crisis.”

The second area the Greens proposed was to be the first Council in the country to introduce a Corporate Opportunities Register,

Councillor Argenzio said,

“All Councils are required to have a Corporate Risk Register where senior officers of the Councils demonstrate that we are properly prepared for things like changes in legislation that impact on the Council, emergency situations, things like cyber attacks and natural disasters. What we don’t have is a Corporate Opportunities Register where our senior officers are reporting on new funding streams from Government and other sources to help us achieve the council’s objectives and on partnerships we can develop with the private and voluntary sectors to help us to work together effectively. We have a structured approach to dealing with risk and we need one to identify the opportunities we can take.”

The third area that Councillor Argenzio identified was the need to improve the service that people receive from Sheffield City Council,

“As Councillors, we are all on the front line when it comes to helping people with their everyday problems and issues. We know when the system is failing because people come to us if they can’t get through to the right officer, if they don’t get a response to a concern they have raised or if the Council’s web-based services do not work for them because they don’t have online access. This is why we are asking the Council to produce a Customer Services Action Plan so we can drive improvement in the service we offer to the people of Sheffield”.

Cllr Argenzio concluded by saying

“I recommend these policy initiatives as ones that we can call our own across the party political boundaries. Let us work on delivering them together and build a new way of working that demonstrates that while differences exist that we have common cause in wanting a better future for Sheffield.”

Cllrs Douglas Johnson and Angela Argenzio. Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Green Group

Green Councillors have new roles on Sheffield City Council after a change to a modern committee system.
This is a successful outcome for a long-standing Green Party campaign to distribute power and control. It means that all councillors take responsibility for decision-making, instead of control by a small Cabinet.

After talks between all three party groups, Labour and Lib Dem councillors agreed a model to allocate chairs of committees under a Labour leadership.

Under this arrangement, Greens have been given new roles as Chairs of the Housing and Health & Adult Social Care committees.

Cllr Douglas Johnson, the group leader for Green Party councillors, said,

“Last year, we led negotiations by proposing a 3-way “Rainbow Cabinet.” The outcome was the Greens taking up three Executive roles which were carried out successfully throughout the year.

This year we are pleased that all three parties finally have places under the new committee system with committee chairs being split between Labour, Lib Dem and Green groups.

“Personally, I am disappointed not to be able to continue to lead the council on climate change and transport. However, I will do my very best for the city as the new Chair of the Housing Committee, to campaign for safe, warm, affordable homes for everyone.

Cllr Angela Argenzio, the new Deputy Leader of the Green group of councillors, said,

“As Co-chairs of the Health and Adult Social Care Committee, Cllr Martin Phipps and I will bring our experience of working through the previous Health Scrutiny Committee to tackle the enormous budget challenges that the council faces through the cost of social care.”

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For more information please contact Douglas Johnson on 07981 860 662 or at douglas.johnson@sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk

NOTES TO EDITORS

The Green group of councillors was the only party to increase its seats on the council in this year’s elections. It now has 14 seats but is still the smallest party group. The Council now comprises 39 Labour, 29 LibDem, and 14 Green councillors. There is also one Conservative and one Independent who resigned from Labour.

The Greens made a net gain of an additional seat in the May 2022 local elections.

Under the modern committee system, the council’s “Administration” will be the new Strategy and Resources Committee, which is made up of the other committee chairs and the council Leader.

The Green Party has launched its 2022 Local Election Campaign with a full slate of Green candidates contesting elections across the city of Sheffield.

Councillor Douglas Johnson, leader of the Green Group of councillors speaking to ‘The Star’ said,

“It’s about bringing people together, building community strength and looking after each other so taking away those competitive dog-eat-dog approaches to politics and looking, where we can, for a more harmonious politics where there is more collaboration.

“That is what we have been doing for the past year since the last local elections where for the first time the Greens have been in the executive of the council actually trying to run things as best we can and we hope to do more of that next year.

“We are hoping to get some more councillors as it is important for the city that the council stays in no overall control. Frankly, it’s worked an awful lot better this year than when it was a single party administration in previous years. No overall control means parties have to cooperate with each other. It’s certainly tricky; we certainly don’t agree with everything but, with that collaboration and compromise, you get better decisions and that is the best thing for the city.

“The track record of Green councillors is they work hard in their wards and they do make a positive contribution. We have always been a small group: think what more we can do if we are a bigger group.”

Councillor Johnson said:

“There are some really encouraging things going on. At the same time we pay credit to the huge amount of work that Councillors Kaltum Rivers and Alison Teal have put in over the last few years. They have really worked hard, in very different ways, raised the profile and really pushed the argument about why it’s important to be Green and what that looks like because it’s such a varied thing. It’s not just the traditional ecological approach: being Green is all about being part of the community.”

Marieanne Elliot, the Green Candidate for Gleadless Valley, also speaking to The Star,

“I’m absolutely delighted to be the candidate for my area because I feel really lucky to be part of such an active community where I live.

“Like many people, I became more politically active and awakened when it became apparent that the Labour-run council was illegally felling street trees. I was so inspired by the community action and the strength of power in that group and it made me, and many other people, ask questions.

“It’s been really nice to see my Green colleagues joining the Council’s Administration and bringing forward positive change. I think it’s not only to do with the measures that have been brought in, like the Clean Air Zone, it’s actually changing the culture of the council and it’s started a new era of openness and transparency.”

Greens expressed disappointment as South Yorkshire failed to win a penny of government funding for buses. Sheffield is the only major city to receive none of the £7 billion the government announced today.

Cllr Douglas Johnson, who leads the Green group on Sheffield City Council and is the Executive Member for Climate Change, Environment and Transport, said,

“I am acutely disappointed and frustrated that Sheffield and South Yorkshire have lost out on this major investment in bus services. This can only be bad news for the travelling public trying to get to jobs, homes and friends right across South Yorkshire. Improved bus services are better for people on the buses and also better for those who still have to use other forms of transport.

“The Government said it would not fund areas that did not show sufficient ambition, including for improvements to bus priority. Sadly, the Bus Service Improvement Plan put forward under the Labour mayor Dan Jarvis’ leadership had so little ambition in it that – if fully successful – it would have meant fewer people using buses in the future.

“That is why I refused to vote to endorse it at the Transport and the Environment Board of the Mayoral Combined Authority. I argued there needed to be much greater input from the public and interested parties to draw up the plan. The plan was approved by the Labour-controlled South Yorkshire Combined Authority.”

Bex Whyman, the Green Party candidate to be the next South Yorkshire Mayor, commented,

Bex Whyman, Green Candidate for South Yorkshire Mayor

“Dan Jarvis and the Labour leaders have really let South Yorkshire down at a time when people are crying out for better bus services and bus company employees for better pay and working conditions.

It’s clear to me that the only way forward is to elect a full time Green Mayor, I will disrupt the status quo and fight for the bus services that South Yorkshire deserves.

“Climate change and air pollution both demand that we get as many people as possible to switch from private cars to public transport. As long as councils across South Yorkshire continue to undermine bus services by subsidising low-cost parking, the public will suffer.”

NOTES TO EDITORS

The government announcement on the new £7 billion funding is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cheaper-and-better-buses-in-7-billion-package-to-level-up-transport-outside-london/
Other regions won funds of £90m (Manchester), £160m (Newcastle) and £70m (West Yorkshire)
The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority’s Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) is published here: https://southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk/Explore_Transport. Under this plan, the target is for passenger journeys to fall from 92 million / year in 2018/19 to 77 million in 2024/25.

Sheffield Greens are celebrating after introducing a ban on pavement parking in Sheffield City Centre.

Green Councillor Douglas Johnson is the Executive Member for Climate Change, Environment and Transport and authorised the decision.

Councillor Martin Phipps, who represents the City Ward said,

“It’s great news that the pavement parking ban is going ahead. Pavements are for people, not cars, and I’m really pleased that with Greens in administration of the council we’ve been able to move this forward”

The Council’s Cooperative Executive report highlighted the impact of pavement parking on pedestrians, particularly people with visual impairment, wheelchair users and parents with buggies. The good availability of off- and on-street car parking in the city centre demonstrates there is no shortage of legitimate parking.

To enforce the pavement parking ban, the Council has brought in a new Traffic Regulation Order covering the city centre so the Council can issue Penalty Charge notices to drivers who park on pavements.

Councillor Douglas Johnson said,

“Up to now, only the police could deal with vehicle obstructions on pavements. it was difficult to get swift action on inconsiderate and dangerous parking, despite it being a regular source of complaints from the public. Enforcement has been talked about for years and I am pleased we have finally been able to introduce the formal powers to take action.

“This is a big win for people who just want to use pavements safely without being obstructed by a vehicle. For people who have poor mobility or who are visually impaired, being forced to go out into the road is not just an inconvenience but dangerous. Now we have the legal power we need to tackle this problem. People will now be safer in our City Centre.”

Author: Andrew Cooper

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