Paul Scriven for Sheffield Central

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Fairness for Sheffield, promise Liberal Democrats

Mon 15th Mar 2010

Paul Scriven, Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Sheffield Central, has today outlined the five main themes he is promising local people if elected at the coming General Election.

Paul Scriven at 2008 Manifesto Launch (photography: Joe Taylor)

Broomhill bookworms set for new bigger library

Wed 3rd Mar 2010

Local people around the Broomhill area are celebrating after the Liberal Democrats on Sheffield City Council confirmed they have found the investment needed to provide a new bigger library.

Broomhill councillors and Nick Clegg MP outside Broomhill Library (l-r, Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, Cllr Alan Whitehouse, Cllr Paul Scriven, Nick Clegg MP).

Paul Scriven signs Tuition Fees pledge

Thu 25th Feb 2010

Paul Scriven, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Sheffield Central has promised to lend his voice, and his vote, to a student led campaign against future tuition fee hikes.

Paul Scriven signs the NUS Funding Our Future pledge with elected student officers from Sheffield Uni (photography: Joe Taylor)

Scriven: Sheffield "is real ale capital of Britain"

Tue 23rd Feb 2010

Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, and Paul Scriven, Prospective Lib Dem MP for Sheffield Central, have visited Sheffield's Kelham Island Tavern to congratulate staff on historic back-to-back wins in CAMRA's National Pub of the Year awards.

Nick Clegg and Paul Scriven meet staff at Kelham Island Tavern (photography: Joe Taylor)

Paul Scriven to reject pay Council pay rise

Mon 15th Feb 2010

Paul Scriven has revealed that he and his Lib Dem Cabinet members intend to reject an independent panel's proposal for senior councillors to receive significant pay rises - meaning he is turning down a pay rise of over £12,000.

Paul Scriven at 2008 Manifesto Launch (photography: Joe Taylor)

Paul Scriven and local Lib Dems knock on 1,000 doors this weekend

Sun 14th Feb 2010

The campaign to elect Paul Scriven as the next MP for Sheffield Central has been boosted by knocking on 1,000 doors in a single weekend.

Paul Scriven canvassing a resident of Manor Castle ward (photography: Joe Taylor)

Shock as Government backs station barriers

Sat 13th Feb 2010

Liberal Democrats on Sheffield City Council have revealed that East Midland Trains (EMT) plan to re-apply for consent to install ticket barriers at Sheffield Station with the backing of Government.

Cllr Paul Scriven with Lib Dem team at protest over station barriers (photography: Joe Taylor)

Delight at Lib Dem pupil funding pledge

Sun 7th Feb 2010

Paul Scriven, Prospective Lib Dem MP for Sheffield Central, said he is 'delighted' at the news that pupils in Sheffield would receive a £30 million funding boost under a Liberal Democrat Government.

Nick Clegg at New North Community School

Government's university funding cuts mean thousands of students will miss out

Tue 2nd Feb 2010

Paul Scriven, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Sheffield Central, has said he is "outraged" that university funding cuts for the next financial year could mean that up to 230,000 young people will miss out on a university place.

Paul Scriven campaigning against tuition fees (photography: Saoirse Kavan)

Cuts in police on the street show Labour's failure on crime

Fri 29th Jan 2010

Paul Scriven, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Sheffield Central has reacted with anger to the news that South Yorkshire's Police force was cut by seven per cent between 2004 and 2009, the largest drop of any force in the UK.

Police on the Beat

Shocking inequality report shows that Labour has failed to deliver

Wed 27th Jan 2010

Sheffield Central's prospective Lib Dem MP Paul Scriven has spoken out about the damning report released today, showing that the wealth gap in Britain is now worse than it was 40 years ago.

Paul Scriven and Ben Curran with Walkley resident (photography: Joe Taylor)

Paul Scriven puts fairness at the heart of the Liberal Democrat campaign

Sat 16th Jan 2010

The Liberal Democrats have announced they will fight the General Election on four key principles, designed to make Britain a fairer place.

Liberal Democrats "Flying Bird of Liberty (Libby)" logo

Labour's University Funding Cuts will Fuel Further Inequality

Wed 6th Jan 2010

Paul Scriven, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Sheffield Central has condemned swingeing university funding cuts which will lower university standards and limit student choices.

Paul Scriven campaigning against tuition fees (photography: Saoirse Kavan)

Labour MPs urged to help undo damage on Post Offices

Mon 4th Jan 2010

Liberal Democrats on Sheffield City Council have urged local Labour MPs to demand that the Government makes re-opening two Sheffield Post Offices easier.

Scriven Post Office

'Recycling Revolution' set to hit Sheffield's Kerbside

Mon 14th Dec 2009

Today the Liberal Democrat Leadership on Sheffield City Council have announced bold new plans that will see huge improvements to the kerbside recycling service offered to local households. The new free service, which will begin to be rolled out from Spring 2010, will see all households in Sheffield able to recycle paper, card, plastic bottles, metal cans and glass via the kerbside, with a collection every two weeks. In addition garden waste will be collected via the kerbside every month from all households. By Winter 2010 the new service will be fully rolled out across Sheffield.

Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed (left) and Cllr Paul Scriven (right)

'Dead End' FirstBus Slammed by Lib Dems

Mon 14th Dec 2009

Liberal Democrats on Sheffield City Council have expressed outrage at FirstBus plans for substantial fare increases in the New Year. FirstBus announced today that they would be reviewing their fare structure on 3rd January. They are planning huge increases of almost 9%.

FirstBus Sheffield

Good news in station footbridge fight

Mon 23rd Nov 2009

Paul Scriven: "I'm proud of the local Sheffielders who have fought this every step of the way."

Paul Scriven with Simon Hughes MP campaigning against the closure of the station footbridge.JPG (photography: Joe Taylor)

Council backs climate campaign - but Labour say no

Wed 4th Nov 2009

Climate campaigners in Sheffield are celebrating after Liberal Democrats on the Council signed up to the 10:10 campaign to cut carbon emissions by 10% during 2010.

Earth. (photography: Courtesy of www.pdimages.com)

Labour MPs choose party politics over pension holders

Fri 30th Oct 2009

Sheffield's Labour MPs have been criticised for refusing to support those who lost their savings when pension company Equitable Life went bust.

equitable

Will Sheffield's MPs support 10:10?

Tue 20th Oct 2009

Councillor Paul Scriven, Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Sheffield Central, is calling on all of Sheffield's MPs to cut carbon emissions by 10% in a crucial Parliamentary vote on Wednesday.

Earth. (photography: Courtesy of www.pdimages.com)

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