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Parking plan leaves council blushing as cost dwarfs income

Labour-run Sheffield City Council have been left blushing, after a report revealed that a controversial parking scheme will cost more than seven times what it saves. The proposal to charge for car-parking in Millhouses, Graves, and Hillsborough Parks was forced through Sheffield’s special budget council meeting by Labour councillors on Friday, 9th March. Labour councillors [...]

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Councillors call for re-think on parking permit hike

Lib Dems councillors are calling for a re-think of Labour’s planned extortionate rises in residents’ parking permit fees. Labour-run Sheffield City Council are planning fee increases for parking permit zones of up to 300%. At the Special Budget Council Meeting on 9th March, Lib Dem councillors put forward a fully-costed plan to reverse the hike but [...]

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Labour vote to put ‘spy cars’ on Sheffield’s streets

Labour vote to put ‘spy cars’ on Sheffield’s streets

Ruling Labour councillors on Sheffield City Council have forced through their plan to fit cars with cameras to drive around Sheffield’s roads issuing parking tickets, despite the fact there is no evidence the move would relieve local congestion. At a Council Scrutiny Board Lib Dem councillors opposed the plan. Under questioning council officers revealed that no [...]

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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 [...]

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Labour’s ‘Bah Humbug’ to Sheffield business over free parking

Labour controlled Sheffield City Council has come under fire for letting down local business by failing to offer a free parking scheme in the run up to Christmas. Liberal Democrat councillors have submitted a proposal to next week’s Full Council meeting (Wed 7 Dec) which would see a free scheme urgently introduced. When Lib Dems [...]

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