Tree campaigners

Greens call for Council to withdraw legal action against street tree protectors

18th April 2018

It’s very disappointing that three street tree protectors still face High Court hearings on April 30th. This despite the tree felling pause that follows national outrage over the actions of Sheffield
council.

UCU strikers

University staff demand a re-think on the cynical marketisation of higher education

22nd March 2018

The last four weeks have seen a cataclysmic change in the university world. Tired of years of abuse,
university staff have finally decided to strike.

Martin Phipps

Heart of the City – Unaffordable?

15th March 2018

The new Heart of the City 2 ideas are an incoherent mess. We’ve got to a stage where if a…

Martin Phipps

Student tuition fees fail

27th February 2018

Even Theresa May now admits that students face one of the “most expensive systems of university tuition in the world.”

Sheffield Townhall

Cut political spin from Sheffield Town Hall

22nd February 2018

The dictatorial council increasingly use spin doctors to try and cover up their failings

Douglas Johnson

Greens call financing decision in for scrutiny

22nd January 2018

The Council will spend about £79 million next year on the Streets Ahead contract, about double the £39 million spent on highway maintenance in 2011-12, the year before the Highways PFI contract was signed.

Dentist

Dental health is strongly linked with inequality

19th January 2018

More children are having rotten teeth taken out. The number of multiple tooth extractions from children’s mouths has been increasing over the last five years.

Green MEP Magid Magid

Hospital shuttle bus services are being quietly reduced

18th January 2018

Services on the very useful H1 hospital shuttle bus between the Hallamshire and Northern General hospitals are quietly being reduced from January 29th.

Douglas Johnson

It is time to end the unfair treatment of Council tenants

16th January 2018

January is the time of year when many of us have to face up to debt problems – not having enough coming in to meet the outgoings.

Kaltum Rivers

Broomhill needs a plan for traffic and parking

15th January 2018

We know there is huge support for a publicly funded, free at the point of use, NHS. The suggested free…

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