Labour controlled Sheffield City Council plan to provide councillors with expensive iPads, at the same time as suggesting budget cuts including putting dementia care centres under threat of closure and doubling parking permit charges for carers. Labour councillors have agreed to a pilot in which iPads will be provided to councillors for free. The latest [...]

Liberal Democrat councillors in Sheffield have reacted to Labour controlled Sheffield City Council’s proposals for next year’s budget, which have been released today. Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Sheffield City Council, said: “Instead of standing up for local people in the Town Hall, Labour councillors are choosing to do some [...]

The Labour Leader of Sheffield City Council has been left red faced by furious responses to a controversial £21,000 letter, sent out from her to all Sheffield households asking for ideas to save money. Replies to Cllr Julie Dore’s December 2011 letter have been released by the Council today. They include comments such as “Julie Dore [...]

An internal document has revealed Labour controlled Sheffield City Council agreed their budget proposals for 2012/13 in secret before Christmas, well before the end of the ongoing consultation period. The shock news comes despite Cllr Julie Dore, the Labour Leader of Council, promising a “genuine consultation” and sending out a budget consultation letter to every [...]