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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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Green Councillors Call for Reopening of Heeley Train Station
16th May 2020
Councillor Paul Turpin has identified Government funding that could improve sustainable transport options through the reopening of old railway stations.
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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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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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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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Sheffield Greens call for the government to guarantee investment in South Yorkshire after Brexit
12th March 2020
Green Councillors have raised questions about replacing lost EU funding after Brexit
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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.
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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
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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.