Local Liberal Democrats are calling on Sheffield City Council to implement a free Christmas parking scheme in the city centre and local high streets. This year, the Labour-run Council has decided to only reduce parking fees over the Christmas period and only in the city centre. However, local businesses have called for a repeat of [...]
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Lib Dems delay Labour’s controversial ‘spy car’ plan
Local Liberal Democrat councillors have today revealed they will delay Labour controlled Sheffield City Council’s plan to use cameras fitted on roving vehicles to issue parking tickets. The move comes after Labour councillors came under criticism from local people during a Cabinet Highways Committee meeting in the Town Hall. Despite criticism Labour councillors agreed the [...]
Another Labour anti-car blunder to be put right by Lib Dems
Liberal Democrats in the South of Sheffield have hailed a Sheffield City Council report which, if accepted, would see an unpopular bus gate on Meadowhead put in by the previous Labour Council removed. The bus gate was placed just below the Morrison’s Superstore on Meadowhead at the approach to Abbey Lane in 2007 by the [...]
Hillsborough bus/tram gate victory for local Lib Dems
Liberal Democrats in Hillsborough are celebrating today after a Sheffield City Council report recommended making the relaxation of hours on the Hillsborough Corner bus/tram gate permanent. In November 2009, the Lib Dem led Council removed the seven day a week 7am – 7pm restriction put on by the previous Labour Council. Local people wanted the [...]
Sheffield’s clampers clamped by Coalition Government
Local Liberal Democrats in Sheffield have welcomed the news that wheel clampers will be banned from operating on private land in Sheffield as part of moves to ban them across England and Wales. The new legislation, to be introduced by the Coalition Government in November, will result in anyone clamping a vehicle or towing it [...]
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Local Elections 2012
