Coronavirus
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Statement from Sheffield Green councillors on school re-opening
20th May 2020
Sheffield Green councillors are supporting teachers’ unions, the BMA and comments by Sheffield’s DPH, in saying that schools are not ready to take in more children on June 1st
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Death on Palms Row
7th May 2020
It is disappointing that the Star article on the areas with the highest Coronavirus death rate in the city referred to the “large Roma population, some of whom have been seen flouting the strict lockdown rules”
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Care Homes Are The Poor Relation
3rd May 2020
The tragic report of the deaths of eighteen elderly residents from a single care home provider in Sheffield, is one of the worst aspects of the coronavirus epidemic.
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Lock-down should not mean watering down democracy
30th April 2020
Green councillor Douglas Johnson commented after Labour and LibDem councillors voted for more decision-making to be made by officers, not elected councillors, under emergency arrangements.
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Asylum seekers at risk from Covid-19
27th April 2020
SYMAAG investigations show that up to 180 of your constituents at the Urban House Initial Asylum Accommodation are being placed at unnecessary risk of contracting Covid-19
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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.
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We’re all in this together in the big Sheffield village and in the global village too
17th April 2020
The focus of this crisis is keeping everyone safe by staying indoors as much as possible. The knock on effect is quiet or deserted streets where some people do not feel safe.
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Support your local food bank
26th March 2020
Food banks across Sheffield are already struggling to deliver the services needed while keeping volunteers and recipients safe
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Fighting the virus together
22nd March 2020
Information about helping locally and the Green Party’s ‘Fighting the Virus Together’ proposals