Issues
On May 7th you can turn around a broken democracy in Sheffield
6th February 2020
The Planning & Highways Committee meeting on January 28th underlined the woeful state of democracy in Sheffield.
Green Party proposals to February’s Council
4th February 2020
Green Party councillors have submitted a raft of proposals to the full meeting of Sheffield City Council in February
Make bus complaints count in South Yorkshire!
2nd February 2020
There’s been an appalling drop in bus service reliability in Sheffield over the last few months. Complaints going unanswered and little improvement.
Sheffield Green Party proposals for council committee system
27th January 2020
Sheffield City Council has to come up with a model for how a new committee system will work. Sheffield Green Party submitted outline proposals to the council.
Greens welcome e-bikes to make roads safer from dangerous parking
22nd January 2020
A Green Party suggestion to make roads and pavements safer from illegal parking is taking off, as a trial of e-bikes is being supplied to parking enforcement officers.
Local people have concerns about plans for Hepworth Refractory Site
17th January 2020
Something needs to be done with a derelict site, but traffic generated by plans to build 350 homes on the Hepworth Refactory Site in Loxley Valley concerns local people.
Sheffield needs to see climate emergency action now
4th January 2020
Under irresistible pressure from the Green Party and Extinction Rebellion, the Labour-run council declared a climate emergency on February 6th 2019.
We must restore democracy to the council
3rd January 2020
Sheffield City Council has a new interim Chief Executive (Charlie Adan) until a permanent appointment is made in 6 months time.
Green councillor removed from committee for opposing Labour’s job cuts
20th December 2019
A councillor has been removed from a council committee for supporting trade unions against job cuts being driven by Sheffield’s Labour Administration.
Record number of new voters sign up
6th December 2019
Since next week’s general election was announced, 3.85 million people have registered to vote. Almost 660,000 registered on the final day alone