As September rolls round again, shop windows become clogged with “Back To School” posters, reminding parents that they’ll soon be shelling out for new stationary, sports equipment and lunchboxes as their children return from their long summer holidays. However, one thing we want to know when we send our children off in their shiny new [...]
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Labour bow to Lib Dem pressure with u-turn on school safety
Lib Dem councillors have welcomed a decision by Labour-controlled Sheffield City Council to increase the speed of implementing school safety measures. Lib Dem councillors on the south-west community assembly have already funded the legal costs for two schools in the south-west; however, Lib Dems demanded the Council go further. By cutting the office refurbishment budget [...]
Lib Dems stump up cash for tough school safety measures
Lib Dem councillors have agreed to fund measures to tackle reckless parking outside a school in Millhouses. Teachers and parents at Dobcroft School have called for tough measures to be taken against drivers whose reckless behaviour threatens children’s safety. Currently, “Keep Clear” lines outside the school carry no legal power and cannot be enforced. However, [...]
Children safer as councillors back local school safety works
Children in Hallam will soon be seeing a safer route to school as local councillors look set to agree new safety measures. Liberal Democrat councillors on the Council’s South West Community Assembly have agreed to use local highway funding to improve safety outside Hallam Primary School. The issue of safety outside schools have been raised [...]
Cut “office makeover” to pay for school safety say local Lib Dems
Liberal Democrats in Sheffield have today called on Sheffield City Council to re-prioritise budgets to ensure that safety outside schools is tackled. Opposition Lib Dem councillors have called for a 10% reduction in an office refurbishment budget to pay for the necessary work. The call comes after ‘The Star’ newspaper revealed it could take up [...]
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Local Elections 2012
