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Politics

Why are elections on a Thursday?

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 Kyle Fitzpatrick 94 Views elections, local elections, politics, UK elections

You may not have noticed but elections always happen on the same day of the week. Whether it’s a general

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UKIP vow they will “not go away” as candidates more than double in 2019 Sheffield local election

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 Thomas Hitchenor 101 Views local elections 2019, Sheffield, sheffield city council, UKIP

UKIP will field 22 candidates in the upcoming local elections tomorrow, increasing from the the nine who contested for them

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The People’s Republic of South Yorkshire – a retrospective

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 Harry Gold 69 Views Council elections, sheffield city council, The people's republic of south yorkshire

As Sheffield prepares for this year’s council elections, we remember the so-called ‘People’s Republic of South Yorkshire’, Sheffield’s fiercely left-wing

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EXCLUSIVE: 45% of Sheffield Council candidates have withheld their address as politics becomes “more violent”

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 Thomas Hitchenor 140 Views Liberal Democrats, local elections 2019, online, safety, Shaffaq Mohammad

As many as 66 potential Sheffield councillors have not publicised their home address on their nomination papers as the public

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Candidates battle for control of Ecclesfield Parish Council after formal review

May 1, 2019May 3, 2019 Jessica Murray 239 Views Ecclesfield, Independent, Parish Council

A new group of independent candidates are going up against Labour and the Liberal Democrats for control of Ecclesfield Parish

Politics

Labour are “clearly not” the party for equality according to WEP branch leader

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 Stela Gineva 155 Views Charlotte Mead, labour, local council elections, local elections, wep

Charlotte Mead, branch leader of Sheffield’s Women’s Equality Party (WEP), told JUS News that Labour are “clearly not” the party

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EXCLUSIVE: Candidate comments have caused “untold damage” to Green Party reputation, according to source

April 30, 2019May 1, 2019 Jessica Murray 222 Views green party, Nether Edge, Peter Garbutt, sharrow, trans rights

The reputation of the Green Party has been damaged following candidate Peter Garbutt’s comments describing trans rights activism as “aggressive”

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Labour councillor bitten by dog while campaigning shares terrifying experience

April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 Stela Gineva 109 Views Denise Fox, Dog attack, labour councillor, local elections, Westfield

Labour councillor Denise Fox, who was bitten by a dog last week when putting a leaflet through a letterbox, has

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What each party has to say on the key issues at this weeks local elections

April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 Kyle Fitzpatrick 42 Views local elections, manifesto, politics

With just two days to go before Sheffield City Council local elections, we looked at the local manifestos from the

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Councillor vows he is “not scared at all” after shooting at house

April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 Jessica Murray 106 Views councillor, labour, local election, Mohammad Maroof, Nether Edge, sharrow

A week after his house was shot at, Labour candidate Mohammad Maroof has vowed he is “not scared at all”