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Green Councillors are putting an amendment at the full Council meeting on November 7th, calling for action on the ‘bedroom tax’ and fairness in council tax rises. Sheffield City Council … Full Story »

Sheffield’s Green Councillors have called for the Council to bring its building repair and maintenance (currently contracted with Kier) back in-house when the current contract ends in 2014. Their call … Full Story »

  On November 7th the Council administration will recommend that all directly employed Council staff will be paid a Living Wage. However, there are over five thousand people employed through … Full Story »

  Our friends at CND have their AGM later this month with an excellent speaker on Drones. Please support this if you can. THE FUTURE OF WAR SPEAKER Chris Cole … Full Story »

This article from Steve Barnard responds to two articles on the South Yorkshire Politics website. The government will soon be announcing how much money it will be allocating to local … Full Story »

Sir It’s good that Clive Betts is pushing the Transport Secretary for action if the tram-trial between Sheffield and Rotherham is successful (Star 23 October). I trust he is also … Full Story »

Please support the Cycle Sheffield petition to allow bikes on the new tram-trains. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/39937    

Here are a selection of the questions and answers after Natalie Bennett addressed the Young Greens Convention in Sheffield. Attractive policies Europe Attracting people from ethnic minorities Racism Citizenship Should … Full Story »

Dear Editor A ten-year investigation, in which 11,000 badgers were experimentally killed, reported: “Badger culling cannot meaningfully contribute to the future control of cattle TB”. In the light of that, … Full Story »

Dear Editor Last weekend I harvested my carrots. Like many other gardeners and allotment holders in Sheffield I was disappointed to find that many of them were stunted,  due to … Full Story »