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Caroline Lucas speech to Sheffield Conference (unedited version)

13th September, 2011

Greens call on Council to oppose NHS Privatisation

30th August, 2011

  Green Party councillors have called on Sheffield Council to show its support for the NHS and publicly oppose the Government’s new healthcare legislation.   The Greens have submitted a … Full Story »

Interested in Green Politics? What we’re reading:

1st August, 2011

The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett – why closing the gap between rich and poor is good for society. Ten Steps to Save the Cities from the … Full Story »

Sheffield Greens support “Save our NHS” demo

28th May, 2011

Sheffield Greens supported the Save our NHS demonstration today, marching from the Hallamshire Hosital into the city centre. Councillor  Rob Murphy said “NHS privatisation is creating a two tier system where private patients will … Full Story »

Greens call Labour’s bluff on health privatisation

7th March, 2011

Labour has put a motion to Full Council criticising the Coalition’s approach to reforming the NHS, but the Greens point out that Labour itself opened the NHS to be run … Full Story »

Meet the Greens face to face

22nd March, 2010

Sheffield Green Party are starting their election campaign with a public rally. Their main candidates will be speaking, meeting the public and answering questions at St Matthew’s, Carver Street on … Full Story »

Jillian Creasy at the rally for jobs

7th March, 2010

  Jillian Creasy gave a rousing speech at the rally for jobs on Friday http://www.y-hgreenparty.org.uk/2010/mar/0603-jillian-creasy-sheffield-collage.shtml#vid She said I am a Councillor in the Green Group on Sheffield City Council,  I … Full Story »

Green Party Budget Amendment 2010

5th March, 2010

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 »

Roads rip off

24th February, 2010

Dear Sir The Conservatives have committed their support for the £675 million Private Finance Initiative to rebuild Sheffield’s roads (The Star 22 February 2010). Labour and the Liberal Democrats already … Full Story »

We must learn from Tiffany

12th February, 2010

Dear Sir/Madam, The shift of council customer support to a private company was rightly criticised by the Star (Transfer Plan Job Fears and Star Editorial.Feb 6th). Capita have promised greater … Full Story »