Sheffield’s new local area committees will not change the referendum, campaigners say

by joa18jrg | Mar 18, 2021 | News, Politics

Sheffield City Council will vote on a proposal today to create seven new Local Area Committees, in an effort to better engage local people in the democratic process. This decision comes just weeks before the city-wide referendum to change the council from a...

Rotherham memorial to commemorate lockdown anniversary launches next Saturday

by ega17ojm | Mar 18, 2021 | Charity, Culture, Environment, News, Politics, Watch

A memorial in Rotherham is to open next week with the aim of rebuilding the communities which have been badly impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. On March 27, Hope Fields in Thrybergh Country Park will mark the anniversary of lockdown by offering a space for locals...

Tonight’s ‘Slow Clap’ in support of NHS workers’ payrise

by egc17bb | Mar 11, 2021 | Health, News, Politics, Top stories, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is provoking a furious reaction across the UK since announcing proposals to increase nurses’ pay by 1% in his budget speech last week. The unpopular pay rise has inspired the trade union Unison to instigate a sarcastic ‘slow...

Plans to reform local democracy under Sheffield People’s referendum

by joa19mlr | Mar 11, 2021 | News, Politics, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1

The Sheffield People’s referendum on whether the city council should keep its strong-leader system, or change to a modern committee system instead, is due to take place on 6 May this year. The referendum was sparked due to a non-party-political community group called...

Backlash after BBC Politics Live discuss Jewish minority status

by joa19kv | Mar 4, 2021 | Culture, Politics, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture

The BBC has come under fire for allowing four non-Jewish panel members to hold a debate titled, “Should Jews count as an ethnic minority”.   Jo Coburn, the presenter of BBC Politics Live, is Jewish herself, but has suggested that because Jewish people have succeeded...

Widow slams Highways England for husband’s smart motorway death

by joa18sna | Mar 4, 2021 | Crime, News, Politics, Top Story - Home Page Lead

Justin Mercer would have turned 46 this week had it not been for the tragic accident that occurred on a smart motorway on 7 June 2019. His widow, Claire Mercer, has been campaigning with Smart Motorways Kill against Highways England ever since giving up her job in her...