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 Labour Secures £663.8m to Improve Roads |
Sheffield today received an unprecedented boost with the announcement that the City Council's bid for £663.8m to improve all of city's roads and street lighting has been approved in full by the Government. The £6...
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| Labour Ensures Lowest Council Tax Rise Ever |
Sheffield Labour Group is pleased to announce that they have agreed city’s lowest ever council tax increase, at 2.5%. Thanks to Labour, Sheffield residents will have their lowest ever increase in council tax d...
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| Labour Pledge Free Activities for Young People |
New activities for Sheffield children are to be launched at a special event this week (Friday 14 March).
Labour’s ambitious positive activities programme will offer free local out-of-school activitie...
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| Sheffield City Council Rated Excellent |
Sheffield is rated an ‘Excellent’ Council On 21 December 2007, the Audit Commission awarded Sheffield City Council the maximum rating of 4 for its CPA Corporate Assessment. This effectively means that Sheffield ...
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| Free Insulation for 64,000 Sheffield Homes |
Sheffield City Council is offering free insulation for 64,000 homes in an ambitious £10.5 million initiative to cut fuel poverty and reduce the city’s carbon footprint. The Sheffield Affordable Warmth Pro...
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| Relief for Sheffield's Motorists |
Sheffield’s Northern Inner Relief Road opened to traffic on Monday 19th November 2007. The multi million pound scheme is one of the City’s key transport projects planned as part of re...
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| DfT to Fund Flood Repairs |
We welcome today’s announcement from the Department for Transport (DfT) that Sheffield will receive £6.3m towards flood recovery works. Councillor Jan Wilson, Leader of Sheffield City Council said: “This i...
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| Action to Tackle Graffiti |
Action for Stannington is the first community group in Sheffield to be trained to tackle graffiti in their part of the city.
Sheffield Council’s Street Force team arranged training for members of the group to ...
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| More High Quality Housing for Older People |
Older people in Sheffield will have a choice of even more high quality accommodation thanks to a new extra care scheme proposed for the Jordanthorpe area of the city. Sheffield City Council’s cabinet will be asked...
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| Sheffield's Regeneration gets Core Cities' Praise |
Sheffield is one of the eight major cities taking part in the Core Cities Summit, which begins today in Nottingham. And, today, the day that the summit begins, John Healey MP is launching a new report called ‘COMP...
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| Safer Steps to School |
Children across Sheffield are putting their best foot forward this National Road Safety Week, increasing road safety awareness as they walk. Walking buses are increasing in popularity across the whole City, providin...
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| £2.5 Million for Crucible Refurbishment |
Sheffield Council’s Cabinet is set to give a £2.5 million commitment towards the £15 million refurbishment of the city’s famous Crucible Theatre over the next two years. At their meeting on Wednesday (24 Octob...
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| Environment Conference |
The Labour Party in Sheffield showcased the city's green credentials once again this weekend in hosting an Environment Conference, which was attended by local, national and international politicians, as well as key ...
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| £79 million Investment in Sheffield Streetlights. |
The Government has announced that Sheffield Council’s bid for £79.3 million funding to improve street lighting across the city has been successful. Welcoming the announcement, Councillor Bryan Lodge, the Councilâ...
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| Walkley Says No to Tesco |
Local Labour Campaigners in the Walkley and Commonside areas are pleased that the Planning Board has refused an application from Tesco to build a store on a busy junction in the area. Walkley Labour campaigner, V...
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| Sure Start for Sheffield Children |
The Government has announced £14million of funding to double the number of Sure Start centres in Sheffield. The new funding will allow families in all areas of Sheffield with children under five to access a sur...
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| Working Together for New School |
Leader of Sheffield Council Jan Wilson has announced plans for an event in September where parents from throughout the catchment area of the new secondary school at Wood Lane can come together to discuss their ideas...
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| Democracy and Facts Support New School |
In response to the Sheffield Lib Dem Leader's claim that investment in a new school for the children of North West Sheffield was "against the concept of democracy" Walkley Labourcampaigner Veronica Hardstaff challenges t...
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| £250 Million Secured for Investment in City's Schools |
Labour councillors in Sheffield today voted to secure £250 million Government investment to rebuild and refurbish schools across the city, including £20 million funding for a new school in North West Sheffield. T...
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| Meg Munn MP appointed as FCO Minister |
Sheffield Heeley MP Meg Munn has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Her responsibilities include: Overseas Territories, Caribbean/Central America, Sout...
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Sheffield today received an unprecedented boost with the announcement that the City Council's bid for £663.8m to improve all of city's roads and street lighting has been approved in full by the Government. The £6...
Sheffield City Council is offering free insulation for 64,000 homes in an ambitious £10.5 million initiative to cut fuel poverty and reduce the city’s carbon footprint. The Sheffield Affordable Warmth Pro...
Action for Stannington is the first community group in Sheffield to be trained to tackle graffiti in their part of the city.
Older people in Sheffield will have a choice of even more high quality accommodation thanks to a new extra care scheme proposed for the Jordanthorpe area of the city. Sheffield City Council’s cabinet will be asked...
Children across Sheffield are putting their best foot forward this National Road Safety Week, increasing road safety awareness as they walk. Walking buses are increasing in popularity across the whole City, providin...
The Labour Party in Sheffield showcased the city's green credentials once again this weekend in hosting an Environment Conference, which was attended by local, national and international politicians, as well as key ...
