by Rianna Verlin Lobo | Dec 6, 2024 4:22PM | News, Uncategorized
Residents gathered today outside Sheffield’s Home Office to show their disappointment in the UK’s uptick in deportations of asylum seekers. The focus of the demonstration was to show the state of asylum seekers in the UK with the new deportation policy under the...
by Nicole Taylor | Dec 6, 2024 4:13PM | Campaign - Disabilities, News
“Exploited” zero-hour contract workers across Sheffield will be offered guaranteed hours and reasonable notice of shifts as Sheffield City Council puts it support behind the Labour’s new Employment Rights Bill. Cllr Karen McGowan: “There are thousands of workers in...
by Caitlin James | Dec 6, 2024 4:02PM | News
The council discussed plans to address Sheffield’s sewage problems with their new proposal, ‘Protect Our Rivers’ on 4 December. The debate comes after record levels of pollution in 2023, when Yorkshire Water pumped sewage into Sheffield’s rivers...
by Nia Raine Jenkins | Dec 6, 2024 3:35PM | News
Activists have this week urged their fellow students to “get out on the concourse and demonstrate” following the University of Sheffield’s announcement of staffing cuts. Last month, the university announced a voluntary severance scheme with the intention of...
by Matt Holman | Dec 6, 2024 3:23PM | News
Keir Starmer’s claims to not be burdening the working person are ringing hollow among Sheffield’s small business community, with many already struggling with rising costs. One affected business is the Steel Cauldron in Broomhall. Rob Downham, pictured here in his...
by Olivia Idle | Dec 6, 2024 3:21PM | News
A Sheffield councillor has revealed the negative impact the rise of employers’ contributions tax will have on health and social care providers, and the local government. Liberal Democrat councillor, Sophie Thornton, said that the Labour government has...
