VANISHED: Central Library deal
Liberal Democrats can reveal that a year after the announcement, a deal still hasn’t been signed for the redevelopment of the Central Library.
Read moreStatement On Tree Hearing
Cllr. Penny Baker - Deputy Leader of Sheffield Liberal Democrats - makes a statement regarding the latest tree court hearing:
Read moreO'Mara suspended - Sheffield Deserves Better
Jared O'Mara suspended. Sheffield deserves better than what we've seen from the Sheffield Hallam MP.
Read moreLabour must withdraw whip following O'Mara racism
Responding to the latest revelations that Jared O'Mara made racist comments, Vince Cable, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, has called on the Labour Party to withdraw the whip.
Read moreGrowing NHS crisis shows need for penny on income tax
The Liberal Democrats have renewed calls to put a penny on income tax for the NHS, after BBC research today showed targets for cancer, A&E and planned operations are being missed en masse.
Read moreSerious allegations about City Council actions in the Chinese Investment Deal
A newspaper article has made serious allegations about the 2016 investment ‘deal’ between Sheffield City Council and the Sichuan Guodong Group. This promised an investment of £1bn over 60 years with £220m within the first 3 years but so far has delivered nothing.
Read moreDevo deal in tatters
Commenting on the Sheffield City Region devolution meeting, Sheffield Lib Dem Leader Shaffaq Mohammed said,
“As a parent of three, the downfall of devolution is really disappointing. My children’s future opportunities have been weakend because the region’s leaders can’t agree to accept £30 million a year.
Read moreLift the teacher pay cap
Teachers are on average £5000 worse off in real terms due to the continuation of the public sector pay cap and the number of new teachers has dropped by 10% compared with last year. Lib Dem Education Spokesperson Layla Moran said...
Read moreGrayling regional rail comments are a "betrayal of the North"
The Liberal Democrats have accused Chris Grayling of a "betrayal of the North," after the Transport Secretary said it was not up to central government to advance Crossrail in Northern England.
Read moreUPDATE: Sheffield's Trees
Sheffield Lib Dem Leader, Shaffaq Mohammed made a statement about the High Court's tree ruling...
Read moreLib Dems would give £527 pay rise to nurses in Sheffield to address staffing shortages
Liberal Democrats have announced they would end years of pay restraint for nurses, teachers and police in Sheffield by lifting the 1% cap on public sector pay and increases wages in line with inflation.
Read moreLib Dems would give South Yorkshire police force an extra £6,810,000 a year
Liberal Democrats have announced they would boost investment in police forces by £300m a year. This is in stark contrast to the Conservatives who have overseen devastating cuts to community policing. Theresa May as Home Secretary and now Prime Minister has cut policing budgets by over £2bn, eroding the very fabric of community policing.
Read moreLib Dems announce £1bn of funding to transform mental health care
The Liberal Democrats have today announced that £1 billion of the party's additional health funding would be spent tackling the "historic injustice" faced by people with mental ill health.
Read moreLiberal Democrats announce new Shadow Cabinet
Cllr. Shaffaq Mohammed will continue as Leader of the Council group and Cllr. Penny Baker remains deputy Leader.
Read more270 young people in Sheffield to be stripped of housing benefit
Over 270 young people in Sheffield will be affected by the Conservative government’s decision to strip 18-21 year olds of housing benefit, research by the House of Commons library commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has shown.
Read moreLib Dem candidates endorsed by Open Britain
Cross party organisation, Open Britain, which is campaigning against a hard Brexit and for a continued close relationship with Europe, has endorsed a number of pro-EU candidates for the upcoming General Election, including the Lib Dem MP for Sheffield Hallam Nick Clegg.
Read moreNick Clegg confirms he will stand in snap General Election
Nick Clegg has confirmed that he will be standing as the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate in Sheffield Hallam.
Read moreSheffield Lib Dems call on Council to keep Hurlfield View Care Home open with Budget's £12.5m Social Care windfall
The Sheffield Liberal Democrats have called on Sheffield's Labour-controlled Council to keep Hurlfield View Care Home open, as Sheffield gets an unexpected extra £12.5m for Social Care in the next financial year.
Read moreConservative tax hike to hit almost 38,000 self-employed workers in Sheffield
The Liberal Democrats have attacked the Conservative government’s plans to raise taxes on the self-employed, as figures reveal Sheffield Hallam will be among the hardest hit areas in the country.
Read moreSheffield's Labour Council set to borrow up to £7,000 per household
Sheffield Labour Council's 17/18 budget, approved by Labour Councillors on Friday, sets a new upper borrowing limit for a the Council of a staggering £1.69billion. This is an incredible £7,000 for every ‘rateable dwelling’ in Sheffield (the number of houses and flats eligible to pay Council Tax).
Read moreCouncil tax scheme for foster carers could save Council millions
The Sheffield Liberal Democrats proposed a scheme in their alternative council budget, which would support Sheffield’s foster carers, help to address the foster carer shortage by encouraging more people to sign up to become foster families and could potentially save the council millions in the long term.
Read moreLiberal Democrat Alternative Budget gives real power over to people
The Sheffield Liberal Democrats want to revolutionise how Sheffield City Council makes decisions, by devolving over £1million of spending power over to local Councillors and communities.
Read moreSheffield Labour Council leave almost half a million pounds unspent whilst making cuts
The Liberal Democrats have slammed Labour after it has emerged that none of a quarter of a million pound put aside at last year’s budget for Living Wage Business Rate Relief has been allocated this financial year.
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Steel and education "low priority" industries in Brexit talks
The Lib Dems have hit out at local Labour MPs, who have failed to stand up for local jobs.
Read moreLabour Council propose student rent hike
Labour Councillors call for new taxes to be introduced on student lets.
Read moreSheffield Lib Dems oppose grammar schools
The Sheffield Liberal Democrats have condemned the Government’s plans to re-introduce Grammar schools and are calling on the Council to take a stance in opposing the expansion of selective schools.
Read moreLib Dems call for rethink on University Arms decision
The Sheffield Liberal Democrats are to ‘call in’ the Council’s decision to reject the application for Asset of Community Value status (ACV) for the University Arms.
Read moreSheffield City Council waste £80,000 on car park cleaning contract
A report published last week (22/09/16) exposed that Sheffield City Council have overpaid for their car park cleaning service by as much as £40,000 per year for the last 2 years.
Read moreLib Dems storm to victory in Mosborough by-election
Newly elected Councillor Gail Smith won with 45.6% of the vote.
Read moreLib Dems call for action to protect Sheffield's pubs
The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Labour Council to protect Sheffield’s community pubs from development.
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