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Clive Betts, Sheffield South East Labour MP and Chair, Communities and Local Government Select Committee has challenged the Local Government Minister, Bob Neill, to come clean about the Government's intentions on Council Tax Benefit. It has now been revealed that local government's software suppliers had advised that it would be
Today Professor Sir Michael Marmott has warned that the Government's austerity programme could have disastrous implications for health inequalities. Marmott identifies that Government cuts will impact on measures that affect health which identifies as employment, education, income and health, child development and environment. He points to cuts to Sure Start
February is National Heart Month and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Angela Smith MP are asking the people of Sheffield and Barnsley to join National Wear Red Day on Friday 24 February 2012 and to follow the BEAT code for simple steps to a healthier heart. In National Heart
Labour have hit out at Sheffield Hallam MP Nick Clegg when on the same day as it was revealed that unemployment has risen to its highest level for 16 years, the main concern of the Deputy Prime Minister has been to criticise the Labour council about bin collections. Figures from
Labour Leader of Sheffield City Council, Councillor Julie Dore, has written to Sheffield Hallam MP and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to make one final plea for the Government to provide the funding for Sheffield to continue a weekly black bin collection service. Labour were surprised when Mr Clegg recently
Chuka Umunna MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, commenting on reports of David Davis’ interview with Prospect magazine, said:
Jim Murphy MP, Labour's Shadow Defence Secretary, commenting on news today that the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) tankers
Jack Dromey MP, Labour's Shadow Housing Minister, today called on the Prime Minister to correct his statement to the House
Labour will back a change to variable speed limits, allowing them to increase to 80mph as well as decrease below
Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, said: