Sheffield’s emergency services are at breaking point, with long A&E waits contributing to thousands of excess deaths nationwide. Local NHS leaders warn of record-high demand, missed national targets, and ambulance crews stuck waiting outside hospitals.
The Sheffield Liberal Democrats have reacted with disappointment to news, broken by The Guardian, that the government plans to cut support for farmers to improve biodiversity on their land.
Tuesday night saw Sheffield Labour MPs repeatedly vote to retain the two-child benefit cap, in what has been called a “disappointment” by the Sheffield Liberal Democrats.
Sheffield Liberal Democrats will use the September Full Council meeting to call for the review of the new Winter Fuel Payments policy.
Liberal Democrats used the July Full Council meeting to call for urgent cross-party action and to declare a health and care emergency in Sheffield.
Liberal Democrat councillors in Graves Park are pleased to announce that Sheffield City Council’s Charity Sub-committee is set to explore ways to restore the Norton Nursery site within Graves Park back into usable parkland.
Ed Davey Munira Wilson have written to Keir Starmer setting out five principles for SEND reform, and offering to work on a cross-party basis with the government to ensure the reforms deliver for children with SEND and their families.
Why we opposed the Government’s welfare bill
77 years ago today, the HMT Empire Windrush docked in Essex - marking the beginning of the Windrush generation’s arrival here in the UK.
