Letters to the press

Thank you for the Big Conversation survey on the impact of lockdown. As an NHS Responder volunteer, most of my…

After the horror of the Grenfell fire in June 2017, senior Sheffield Council officials moved quickly to reassure tenants that all its tower blocks were safe.  They soon back-tracked after plastic cladding on Hanover Tower in Broomhall failed fire safety tests.

Local pubs, restaurants and other independent businesses are the lifeblood of our communities. They pay their taxes and your money stays in the local economy.

Sheffield City Council has been failing to uphold the principle of open government since lockdown was introduced in March.

News of the Government spending £3 billion pounds on insulation is very welcome. This is something that Greens have wanted for many years.

Look at “What We Believe” on the Black Lives Matter website and it’s quite clear where they stand on supporting women’s issues.

I agree with Lib Dem Cllr Chris Carter that urgent climate emergency action is needed. But not his suggestion of “relaxing safety requirements for nuclear power stations and building new ones as quickly as possible”.

The UK was ranked second in the Global Health Security Index ranking global pandemic preparedness in October 2019.

The arrogance of the Labour Cabinet is no longer a surprise but their belief they are untouchable was shaken by a Call-In scrutiny meeting late last week

Safely enabling social distancing will require some level of ‘thinking outside the box’ through creative and sustainable changes to public spaces.