Greens will offer a people’s budget

5th March 2019

Green Party councillors will be proposing a budget that will empower communities, tackle climate change and create new jobs.

Alison Teal

Climate Change is an issue of such importance that there is no room for party politics

27th February 2019

We are experiencing the hottest February on record and the effects of climate change are being witnessed locally and globally.

Paul Turpin

The People’s Petition seeks to improve democracy in Sheffield

26th February 2019

The People’s Petition seeks to improve processes within Sheffield Council by restoring the committee system of governance.

Ruth Mersereau

Inner Ring Road Expansion – “Business as Usual”

15th February 2019

Last week’s decision by the Labour Council to expand the Inner City Ring Road is another case of “business as usual” and is hugely frustrating.

Angela Argenzio

Sheffield is at the bottom of the recycling league tables

7th February 2019

In the recent article on the brown bins roll out (Star January 25th) Shaffaq Mohammed and Lewis Dagnall failed to…

Sheffield Townhall

Sheffield Greens disappointed by “hollow” Council response to climate emergency

7th February 2019

Sheffield Green Party Councillors have expressed grave disappointment that the Labour Council has rejected its call for the city to work to be carbon-neutral by 2030.

Sheffield must be zero-carbon by 2030

5th February 2019

Green councillors are demanding a clear commitment to the city being “zero carbon” by 2030 at the latest, as the world faces a “climate emergency.”

James Martin, Cllr Martin Phipps, Ruth Mersereau

Greens disappointed at Inner Ring Road shortcomings

1st February 2019

Green councillors expressed disappointment at the lack of further scrutiny, after hearing many claims but little evidence.

Peter Garbutt

Group Policy Officers must go in next year’s budget

31st January 2019

Greens join Fran Kime in not agreeing with Labour Cllr Peter Price’s assertion that “all the loopholes and avenues where they might have been able to save money have gone.”

Cllr Martin Phipps

Why we desperately need more young people in politics

29th January 2019

Read Green Councillor Martin Phipps’ article in the Yorkshire Post about why we need more young people to get involved in politics

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