Tell the Truth Sheffield have supported this open letter. It’s vital that ordinary people have a say on issues such as bus routes and fares. Open Letter: public participation in decision making on public transport in South Yorkshire We welcome the decision taken in March 2025 to franchise our bus services. This will mean SYMCAContinueContinue reading “The public need to participate in decision making about our buses.”
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Why would a climate assembly endorse an airport?
A guest blog by Sam Wakeling Citizens’ Assemblies offer a hopeful, better way of doing politics as Ci Davis recently described in this blog. They can give a vital rebalancing of power, giving control back to citizens. Ours showed where South Yorkshire citizens are ahead of our politicians. For example, we don’t need to beContinueContinue reading “Why would a climate assembly endorse an airport?”
The South Yorkshire Citizen’s Assembly On Climate- a participants view.
A guest blog by Ci Davis Four years ago, I sat with some other people from Extinction Rebellion in the office of Cllr Mark Jones, and we placed our Third Demand to him, urging for a Citizen’s Assembly (CA) to address the Climate Emergency, that the council had just declared. Our representative democracy is clearlyContinueContinue reading “The South Yorkshire Citizen’s Assembly On Climate- a participants view.”
