New figures have shown that ONLY ONE THIRD of council cuts in Sheffield are due to reductions in Government funding. The details outlined in the Council’s 2014/15 budget show that of the £58.4 million budget gap calculated by the Council, just 36% is due to less Government funding. The remaining £37.5 million has be attributed to […]

Residents who would have been left isolated by proposed bus changes in the south of Sheffield have demanded that proposals be permanently dropped. Following public outcry controversial changes to the 17, 20 and 20a services have been postponed, pending further consultation on the route. However, Steve Ayris, his Lib Dem colleagues and local residents have demanded that the changes – which are the first announced since […]

“That a popular library like Woodseats library should even have been considered for closure in the first place is unthinkable. Local people are naturally sceptical about Labour’s U-turn over Woodseats.”

Elderly residents who would have been left isolated by proposed bus changes in the south of Sheffield have demanded that proposals be permanently dropped. Following public outcry controversial changes to the 17, 20 and 20a services have been postponed, pending further consultation on the route. However, local residents and councillors have demanded that the changes […]

Schools in the Graves Park area are set to gain £800k cash this year – thanks to the Lib Dems. The Pupil Premium is a major Liberal Democrat priority that is being delivered by the Coalition Government. Nine schools in our area will benefit from a total of more than £800k under the Pupil Premium […]

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Local campaigners have slammed proposed changes to bus services after complaints that the plans will leave their community isolated. Changes to the 17 and 17A service will see the bus run between Jordanthorpe and Meadowhall only, leaving residents in Norton without a direct link to Woodseats and Meadowhead. Norton Lees estate will see a severely […]

Sheffield primary schools look set to benefit from an additional £11 million this year through the Liberal Democrat Pupil Premium, alongside a massive increase in primary school places. The pupil premium, which will be worth £10.9 million for primary schools in 2013/14, is targeted to help schools support the most disadvantaged pupils. The funding, which […]

Sheffield’s Labour bosses are still keeping residents in the dark about their plans to shut up to half of our local libraries. Hundreds of residents in Woodseats, Norton and Norton Lees are among 12,500 who have now signed the petition to save the libraries – but Labour bosses have refused to rule out closing Woodseats, Jordanthorpe or Greenhill libraries. Biggest petition for a decade Local […]

Council bosses have conspired to keep secret a ‘hit-list’ of Sheffield libraries potentially earmarked for closure. Council officials have refused to release details of recent expressions of interest in running local libraries, despite prior confirmation that the information should be released. Where no expressions of interest have been made, libraries could be earmarked for closure, […]