Sheffield City Council elections: can Labour get Birley back?
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Cllr Brian Lodge from the Sheffield Community Councillors Group is standing down ahead of this year’s local elections therefore his seat is now a hot commodity in a ward where Labour is historically doing well. It is no secret that this is a seat the council’s largest party is targeting to get back after Cllr Lodge and some of his colleagues left the group last year. However, there is also an independent candidate with some connection to the said Sheffield Community Councillors Group. It is far...

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