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Liberal Democrats - Delivering for Sheffield
Since local people voted the Liberal Democrats into power at the Town Hall in 2008 we have been getting on with the job of delivering for Sheffield. There has been action to cut crime through more uniformed officers on the beat. Green action, including free recycling for green waste and protecting our parks. Cleaner Streets through giving local people control over street cleaning budgets. A fair deal through bringing Labour's 'favoured areas' policy to an end. Also we have started to deliver value for money and set Sheffield's lowest ever Council Tax increase.
In 2010 and beyond Liberal Democrats will continue to work towards improving your local Council so that everyone in Sheffield can see the benefit. We really are committed to making sure Sheffield is a place where everyone matters.
Councillor Paul Scriven, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Sheffield City Council.
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Mon 8th Feb 2010
Liberal Democrats on Sheffield City Council have hit out at Sheffield's Labour Councillors, who voted against asking the Labour Government to reduce the proposed rent increase for council tenants in 2010/11. The increase is set to cost local tenants an average of more than £100 a year extra.
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Mon 1st Feb 2010
Next week's meeting of Sheffield City Council is set to welcome the news that education standards in Sheffield are being turned around by the Liberal Democrat administration. Reducing the gap between Sheffield and the national average on pupil exam results was a key pledge of the Lib Dems when they came to power in May 2008. 2009 saw Sheffield closing the gap with the biggest improvement in GCSE results ever.
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Fri 29th Jan 2010
A local Liberal Democrat councillor, who has the under threat Sheffield Cadbury Trebor Bassett factory in his ward, is set to take his call for the Government to stand up for local jobs to next weeks meeting of Sheffield City Council. Hillsborough Ward Liberal Democrat councillor Joe Taylor will propose that the Council writes to the Prime Minister and Business Secretary Lord Mandelson to demand that they safeguard the 700 local jobs at the factory in Owlerton, after the takeover of British firm Cadbury by the multinational food giant Kraft.
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Mon 25th Jan 2010
Lib Dems on Sheffield City Council have revealed figures which show Community Assemblies, the seven local area boards made up of local councillors setup by the Liberal Democrats, are proving invaluable in keeping Sheffield spick and span. As a result of every Community Assembly investing in extra environmental teams, over 100 extra job requests have been tackled in just three months.
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Mon 18th Jan 2010
Liberal Democrats on Sheffield City Council have welcomed progress on their £2m plan to create and improve 23 playgrounds across Sheffield. With 11 of the sites due to be completed by April 2010, many local people can now see work beginning in their local park. One of sites includes Hillsborough Park , at which the new wooden uprights for the new 'climbing forest' can already be seen.
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Fri 15th Jan 2010
The weather may be cold outside, but more than 3,000 homes are now warmer within, thanks to a ground-breaking scheme introduced by Liberal Democrats on Sheffield City Council. Sheffield City council's Free Insulation Scheme was launched in April 2009. It offers free loft and wall cavity insulation to homeowners and private tenants and is being rolled out on an area by area basis, as well as all those aged 70 or over, or on qualifying benefits city wide. So far it has seen more than 3,150 homes insulated for free.
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Thu 7th Jan 2010
Lib Dem Council leader Paul Scriven praised Sheffielders folk for dealing with the recent freezing conditions. Paul said "As always Sheffielders have rolled up their sleeves and got stuck in. It never fails to impress me how local people are resilient and will rise above challenges such as this big freeze. I know it's been harder than normal to get around Sheffield but rest assured we will continue to do all we can to try to make things easier in the days ahead.
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Thu 7th Jan 2010
Liberal Democrats in Sheffield have hit out at the previous Labour administration after their failure to enforce trading hours led to a decision to allow a take away in the middle of a residential area to open until 3.00am Mon-Thurs, 4.15am Fri-Sat and 1.00am on a Sunday.
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"I hate to say it, but only one party leader seems to have grasped that, if you construct a system where unskilled people are worse off by taking a job than by staying on welfare, they remain trapped in poverty - and that is Nick Clegg. "
Lord Norman Tebbit
Daily Telegraph online - 13 Jan
"It's unbelievable that the Tories are still planning to cut taxes for a handful of millionaires when the majority of people across the country are feeling the squeeze. We need fair tax cuts that put money back in the pockets of ordinary people. The Tory sums simply do not stack up. It is irresponsible and highly misleading for George Osborne to continue to pretend that they do. "
Vince Cable MP
Responding to Conservative Spending Plans - 4 Jan
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