The UK's largest annual political festival is currently taking place in South Yorkshire, with 60 events hosted at venues across the city. The highlight speakers include former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, satirist Armando Iannucci and author and transgender rights...
Labour's Oliver Coppard has been elected the new Mayor of South Yorkshire following a resounding triumph in last week's election. He replaces Dan Jarvis after four years. Speaking to ShefNews Mr Coppard reflects on the result and looks ahead to the future for both...
Sheffield students say what they want to see in their next MP, following Paul Blomfield’s announcement that he will not run for re-election for Sheffield Central MP in 2024, Students said they want an approachable MP who takes swift action to issues such as student...
Social care budgets at Sheffield Council have been increased by £29m to ease pressure on the overstretched service. The council have managed to maintain the budget at the expenditure given to social care in 2021/22, according to the authority's new revenue budget...
Former Sheffield Hallam MP Nick Clegg has been promoted to a top role at Meta, which now owns Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg, the chief ececutive of Meta has given the former Deputy Prime Minister the power to lead the company on policy decisions. This means the former...
A campaign posted to residents has been brandished as 'dishonest' after locals claim a photo on their political leaflets has been untruthfully altered. Yesterday, Labour Rose pamphlets were delivered to homes in Parsons Cross with a photo clearly edited to make a...
Sheffield City Council was forced to hand delivered ballots to voters across Sheffield on bank holiday Monday to make up for delays due to printing issues. 15,000 postal votes for today’s elections were delayed this week because of an issue with the printers, meaning...
Opposition to the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts bill increased last week as a result of Sarah Everard’s vigil in Clapham Common, South London. The bill has now been delayed “until later in the year”, after passing the second reading in the Commons on Tuesday....
Nightclubs that haven't been able to operate normally since March 2020 may open sooner than expected, as Boris Johnson published his roadmap out of lockdown last week. The industry that will be one of the last to reopen finds itself in the final step in the easing of...
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...
Theatres and arts venues in the UK have welcomed the announcement of £700 million in funding by the Chancellor. Rishi Sunak revealed the boost as part of the Treasury’s economic recovery plans for the UK in his budget speech on Wednesday. South Yorkshire based arts...
An iconic Sheffield artwork has been saved as plans were unveiled for a new park in the city centre. The brutalist sculpture by William Mitchell Frieze will be installed in Pound’s park, which will be built near the site of a former fire station on Carver Street. The...
Sheffield City Council has called on the Government to offer assistance to the nightlife industry as the UK’s lockdown continues. The Council submitted a set of proposals to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on 9 February, assembling an inquiry into the night-time...
An MP is campaigning against proposed cuts to a grant for struggling breweries in Sheffield. The government plans to make cuts to Small Brewers Relief, a subsidy that offers reduction in rates of beer duty, with immediate effect. Olivia Blake MP tabled a parliamentary...
Boris Johnson will set an emergency COBRA meeting today in response to the Coronavirus. Johnson will sit with medical experts and ministers in order to discuss a new action plan at around 1:15pm. This follows concerns after 460 cases were confirmed in the UK – a rise...
