Mar 14, 2020 | Campaigns, Council Governance Model Referendum, Press-releases
The government has announced that local elections will not take place on May 7th, they will be postponed for a year. At the moment, whilst we assume a delay, the full implications are unclear for Sheffield People’s Referendum that was due to take place the same...
Nov 5, 2019 | Campaigns, Council Governance Model Referendum
Speech by Anne Barr, presenting It’s Our City!’s informed input at the “How Should Decision-making Work in the 21st Century?” event hosted by Nigel Slack in October 2019. I’d like to say how proud I am to represent IOC! this evening. Without...
Nov 4, 2019 | Council Governance Model Referendum, Update
While collecting the 26,419 signatures for Sheffield People’s Petition, It’s Our City! volunteers spoke to face-to-face with over 16,000 Sheffield residents. People were keen to tell us about the problems they have with their council and how the way it is...
Oct 21, 2019 | Council Governance Model Referendum
To the members of the Overview & Scrutiny Management Committee, Following the OSMC meeting on the 17th October, I would like to raise a point about the OSMC getting evidence from the Centre for Public Scrutiny, that may have been missed. The CfPS has 2 areas of...
Oct 16, 2019 | Council Governance Model Referendum, Update
Dear Members of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee, We would like to comment on the report ‘Reviewing Decision Making in Sheffield City Council’, to be discussed at the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (O&SMC) on 17th October. This open...
Oct 16, 2019 | Council Governance Model Referendum
Our response to the report can be found as a separate post here: https://itsoursheffield.co.uk/its-our-city-response-to-reviewing-decision-making-in-sheffield-city-council-16-10-2019/
