Clegg in jobs battle with Labour’s anti-business Town Hall

Today Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat Sheffield Hallam MP, has written to the Leader of Sheffield City Council to urge the Labour run Authority to drop their anti-business policies, which could cost the City nearly 2,000 jobs. Recent weeks have seen the leadership of the Council criticised for: – a lukewarm reception to the proposal by [...]

Read full story Comments { 0 }

Liberal Democrats bringing crime down in South Yorkshire – Nick Clegg

This week’s Queen Speech will take further action to tackle anti-social behaviour in South Yorkshire. The news comes as figures reveal that the number of incidents of anti-social behaviour in South Yorkshire fell from 127,707 in 2009/10 to 106,213 in 2011/12. A decrease of 16.8% since the Coalition Government came to power thanks to measures supported [...]

Read full story Comments { 0 }

Liberal Democrats win stunning Fulwood by-election victory

Cliff Woodcraft has been elected as the new Liberal Democrat councillor for Fulwood Ward after an important Sheffield City Council by-election yesterday. The Liberal Democrats achieved a 4.35% swing from Labour and increased their majority from 813 to 1,528. The full result was: Party Name Vote % +/- from 2012 Labour Blake, Olivia 1035 19.5% [...]

Read full story Comments { 0 }

DPM on the doorstep in Lodge Moor

Sheffield Hallam MP and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg took to the doorstep yesterday evening in Lodge Moor to support Cliff Woodcraft, the Liberal Democrat candidate in the Fulwood Ward by-election. The by-election is on Thursday May 2nd and is in Nick Clegg’s Sheffield Hallam consistency. It was caused by the sad death of local [...]

Read full story Comments { 0 }

£1.2 million boost for school sports in Sheffield – Nick Clegg

The Coalition Government has announced a £1,219,115 boost for school sports in Sheffield from September. Sheffield’s 134 state primary schools will receive funding for sports in 2013/14 and 2014/15. The funding is the equivalent of around two days a week of a primary teacher’s time to provide more sport for their pupils. A typical primary [...]

Read full story Comments { 0 }

Lib Dem MEP boosts the Fulwood by-election campaign

Last weekend Liberal Democrat MEP Edward McMillan-Scott was in Sheffield to campaign for Cliff Woodcraft, the Liberal Democrat candidate in the Fulwood Ward by-election. The by-election is on Thursday May 2nd and is in Nick Clegg’s Sheffield Hallam consistency. It was caused by the sad death of local councillor Janice Sidebottom. Edward said:- “It was [...]

Read full story Comments { 0 }