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Cllr Rob Murphy on Sheffield Live talking about fossil fuel divestment

16th November, 2016

Alison Teal’s first speech to Council

8th November, 2016

I was born in the pit village of Royston, near Barnsley, in 1965 in the shadow of a coking plant … Full Story »

Report from November’s full council meeting

7th November, 2016

November’s full Council meeting showed how far the green movement has come in facing up to the environmental challenges facing … Full Story »

South West school expansion has damaging impacts

4th November, 2016

l agree with comments in last week’s Special Report: ‘Sheffield families lose out as market forces fuel house price rises’. … Full Story »

Cllr Rob Murphy

Green Councillors welcome ‘no fossil fuels’ commitment

3rd November, 2016

Sheffield’s Green councillors welcomed Labour’s last-minute change in Wednesday’s council meeting to confirm that Sheffield City Council “will not invest in fossil fuels.” Full Story »

Council’s flood protection proposals need more work, say Greens

1st November, 2016

Sheffield Green Party has responded to Sheffield Council’s consultation on flood protection in the Sheaf and Upper Don river basins. Full Story »

Natalie Bennett and Sheffield Green Party with Sheffield Against Fracking

Councillors to debate Green call for Sheffield to become first ‘fossil-free city’

30th October, 2016

Sheffield’s Green councillors are calling on Sheffield City Council to set an ambition of making Sheffield the UK’s first ‘fossil-free city’ Full Story »

Sheffield Town Hall

Sheffield Green councillor reports back from October’s council meeting

10th October, 2016

Once in a blue moon… well every two years… the Greens are allowed to have a motion to be debated in … Full Story »

Rob Murphy at a bus stop on London Road

Green Councillors call for more bus funding

6th October, 2016

Sheffield’s Green Councillors yesterday failed to persuade the Council to look at new options to bring extra funding for the … Full Story »

Sheffield Greens call to scrap HS2 in favour of improved East-West routes

28th September, 2016

Sheffield’s Green Party is calling for the city council to withdraw its support for the HS2 project. Green councillors have … Full Story »