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Councillor Steve Ayris is demanding the resignation of fire authority chairman Jim Andrews   Read more: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/now-fire-chief-faces-call-to-quit-in-secret-payments-row-1-7623627#ixzz3uOP0h3Oj    

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Bus cuts hit S8

by Steve Ayris on 18 November, 2015

Anger and confusion as services axed and route changed Hundreds of local residents have been hit by Labour’s latest round of bus cuts, which came into force on November 1st. As well as fewer services, route changes and renumbering, residents also face confusion caused by road repair work taking place in Norton. Lib Dem campaigner, […]

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S8 residents face huge cuts to bus services

by Steve Ayris on 5 August, 2015

Vital bus services serving our area could be axed under new plans set out by Sheffield Bus Partnership – a body made up of the bus companies and members of the Labour controlled South Yorkshire Councils. Under the plans, Service 19 would be cut from a half-hourly service to an hourly service. The 20A, which currently runs every […]

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Lib Dems welcome Woodseats Post Office improvements

by Steve Ayris on 9 October, 2014

Refurbished Chesterfield Road branch re‑opens Local Lib Dem councillors have backed plans to modernise a community post office in Woodseats. The changes at the Chesterfield Road Post Office have seen: A newly refurbished branch New services and products such as car tax Longer opening hours. The refurbishment forms part of a three-year national investment programme, which will see 6,000 branches converted to new-style post […]

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Woodseats Post Office to close for upgrade

by Steve Ayris on 25 August, 2014

Woodseats Post Office on Chesterfield Road will close on Tuesday, August 26, from 5.30pm. It will reopen again on Thursday, September 4, from 1pm. The refurbishment forms part of a three-year national investment programme, which will see 6,000 branches converted to new-style post offices. The upgrade will see: A newly refurbished branch; New services and products such […]

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COUNCILLORS DELIVER SUPPORT FOR NEW POST OFFICE

by Steve Ayris on 24 August, 2014

Local councillors have backed plans to modernise a community post office in Woodseats. The changes at the Chesterfield Road Post Office, which will take place this month, will see: A newly refurbished branch; New services and products such as car tax; Longer opening hours. The refurbishment forms part of a three-year national investment programme, which […]

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Sheffield City Council have faced fresh pressure to drop its inflation-busting rent rise as Council budget papers revealed a £10m surplus in its housing account. A budget monitoring report, agreed by the Council’s Cabinet last week, reveals that Sheffield’s Housing Revenue Account is predicted to generate a £10.2 million surplus – an unexpected £4.3 million […]

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Council tenants across Sheffield were left outraged as it transpired that their inflation-busting rent hike will be blown on a £2 million council IT bill. The £2.1 million IT bill, agreed by the Council’s Labour Cabinet last week, includes the purchase of 300 laptops or i-pad-style tablets for council staff. The revelation follows a controversial […]

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£385,000 TRADE UNION BILL REVEALED!   Demands have grown for Sheffield City Council to publish a secret review of trade union subsides, as a freedom of information request has revealed that the Council continues to pay £385,000 a year for full time trade union officials. The figures were released today by opposition councillors who want […]

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