Laura Gordon was the choice of party members at a packed selection meeting on Friday evening to become the Liberal Democrat candidate for Sheffield Hallam.

Liberal Democrats can reveal that a year after the announcement, a deal still hasn’t been signed for the redevelopment of the Central Library.

Cllr. Penny Baker - Deputy Leader of Sheffield Liberal Democrats - makes a statement regarding the latest tree court hearing:

Jared O'Mara suspended. Sheffield deserves better than what we've seen from the Sheffield Hallam MP.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

Sheffield Lib Dem Leader, Shaffaq Mohammed made a statement about the High Court's tree ruling...

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.

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.

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.

Cllr. Shaffaq Mohammed will continue as Leader of the Council group and Cllr. Penny Baker remains deputy Leader.

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.

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.

Nick Clegg has confirmed that he will be standing as the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate in Sheffield Hallam.

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.

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. 

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).

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.

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.

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.

The Lib Dems have hit out at local Labour MPs, who have failed to stand up for local jobs.

Labour Councillors call for new taxes to be introduced on student lets.

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.

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.

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.

Newly elected Councillor Gail Smith won with 45.6% of the vote.