Sheffield City Council is set to throw its weight behind the campaign against disproportionate cuts to local BBC programming thanks to the Liberal Democrat Group. The Lib Dems are moving a motion at next week’s Full Council meeting which, if supported by the other political groups, will see the Council lobby the BBC Director General [...]
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Snow Wardens left out in the cold by Labour
Labour controlled Sheffield City Council have frozen a successful scheme in which residents across the City volunteered to help keep Sheffield moving during extreme Winter weather. Last year over 100 people volunteered to become a ‘Snow Warden’, a scheme began by the previous Lib Dem Administration. During heavy snowfall Snow Wardens were issued with equipment [...]
Stocksbridge Leisure Centre robbed of vital investment by Labour
Labour councillors on Sheffield City Council are to slash the previously agreed £300,000 refurbishment budget for Stocksbridge Leisure Centre by £200,000. The original budget was agreed by the previous Liberal Democrat Administration. A report will be coming to the Labour-run Council’s Cabinet on Wednesday (19 Oct), which recommends re-allocating £200,000 previously intended for Stocksbridge Leisure [...]
Coalition Government Council Tax freeze confirmed
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 [...]
£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 [...]
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Local Elections 2012
