Local Liberal Democrat councillors have welcomed the announcement of a ground breaking green transport project in Sheffield, which will see the Government invest millions of pounds in South Yorkshire. Government funding for the Tram-Train project, which would link Rotherham Parkgate to Sheffield City Centre, was announced today by Lib Dem Transport Minister, Norman Baker MP. [...]
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Lib Dems repeat bin fund call as other councils line up for cash
Lib Dem councillors are urging Labour-run Sheffield City Council to apply for the Coalition Government’s weekly bin collection fund, as Councils queue up to cash in. Labour councillors on Sheffield City Council have voted to end weekly black bin collections, despite the availability of £250 million Government fund to retain the service. A number of [...]
Councillors hail Clegg’s Youth Contract to tackle unemployment in Sheffield
Local councillors in Sheffield have welcomed Lib Dem action in Government today as the Coalition Government’s £1 billion Youth Contract begins. The Youth Contract, which was announced last year by Deputy Prime Minister and Sheffield Hallam MP, Nick Clegg, aims to ensure that all jobless young people are earning or learning again before long-term damage [...]
Bus investment hailed as record funds poured into Sheffield Transport
Lib Dem councillors in Sheffield have welcomed millions of pounds of new Government investment for Sheffield’s bus network. Norman Baker MP, the Lib Dem Minister for Transport, announced the investment in a ministerial statement today, as part of the Government’s Green Bus Fund and Better Bus Areas Fund. The Green Bus Fund will be worth [...]
Budget 2012: Lib Dems welcome tax cut for 178,000 Sheffielders
Sheffield Liberal Democrats have welcomed measures included in today’s budget announcement that will see 178,000 workers in Sheffield receive a £220 tax cut, thanks to Lib Dem pressure. As a result of the Lib Dem policy of raising the income tax threshold, by next April more than 16,000 low earners in Sheffield will have been lifted [...]
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Local Elections 2012
