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THREE South Yorkshire politicians are among 40 councillors from across the region who have signed a letter urging councils not to make ‘disproportionate cuts’ to services supporting vulnerable people. Green … Full Story »

STOP PRESS The Lib Dem budget was passed because Labour refused to vote against the cuts. The Green Party Councillors were the only ones to vote against the cuts. Unlike … Full Story »

Green Councillors have written to Tenants and Residents Associations in their ward (Central) to explain their decision to return the Your Community Your Choice money to Sheffield Homes to improve … Full Story »

The Green Party has welcomed the planning application* to clad the maisonettes on the Lansdowne and Hanover estates, although they say they still have major concerns about the project. Cllr … Full Story »

An application for solar panels on the roof of a house in Nether Edge was turned down by the Planning Committee on Monday 13th September.  The decision was made on … Full Story »

Cllr Jillian Creasy, Green group leader on Sheffield City Council, warns that the coalition government’s cuts to housing benefit could result in increasing social problems with serious debt and homelessness. … Full Story »

Rob Unwin, local election candidate for Central Ward, made this presentation to the Sheffield Green Party Election Rally last Monday. (It is a pdf so you will need acrobat reader … Full Story »

Dear Sir, Waiting lists continue to spiral upwards as Sheffield missed its affordable homes target in 2008/9 by 532, with just 197 built (Star 22March). In fact, practically no new … Full Story »

GREEN BUDGET WOULD CREATE JOBS The Green Party say that their budget proposals would create jobs in energy saving and regeneration, waste reduction and food production, as well as saving … Full Story »

This council: 1. Believes that the main challenges facing Sheffield, as the rest of the world, are the gross inequalities between rich and poor and the twin threats of resource … Full Story »