Local Liberal Democrats have welcomed today’s news that the Coalition Government’s Council Tax freeze for next year’s bills in Sheffield has been confirmed. When Labour came to power in 1997 a Band D Council bill for Sheffield stood at £686. When Labour left office in 2010 the bill had increased by more than double to [...]
Archive | October, 2011 
£6.5m extra for Sheffield children
Sheffield’s Lib Dem Councillors have welcomed the final allocation for Sheffield schools through the Coalition Government’s ‘pupil premium’. The additional investment for schools with disadvantaged children is now worth £6.5m this academic year for Sheffield’s schools, £1 million higher than originally estimated. The pupil premium is targeted at investing money in helping disadvantaged children. Headteachers [...]
Plea to let tenants decide their own future
Opposition Liberal Democrat councillors on Sheffield City Council have reacted to the news that Labour will consult on the future of Sheffield’s Council homes. Labour councillors have changed the previous Lib Dem consultation plan so that (1) politicians rather than tenants choose what options to consult upon, (2) there is no binding tenants vote and (3) politicians [...]
Sheffield plan for growth blocked by Labour
Today Labour councillors on Sheffield City Council have voted to block a raft of local policies aimed at boosting local business. The surprise move, which came at today’s full council meeting in the Town Hall, comes despite the Labour Administration having been criticised for failing to come up with any policies of their own to [...]
Labour’s £195,000 Council flat shame
Figures revealed by local Liberal Democrats have shown that each new socially rented flat, or council flat, created as part of the Park Hill development will cost the taxpayer the equivalent of at least £195,000 each. The news comes as a major embarrassment for the Labour controlled City Council, who began and support the project [...]
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Local Elections 2012
