Local government, London Mayoral & London Assembly elections 3rd May

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10. Different development issue in Sheffield

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A radical plan to redevelop Sheffield City centre ran out of money and has ruined half of Sheffield city centre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevenstone

That and the cuts to council budgets have ensured that the ruling Labour group on Sheffield council haven't been able to dream up very much in the way of new white elephant schemes to waste money on. Neither Labour or Lib Dem administrations have had much success in sorting out the mess that is the Sevenstone deleopment.

The main opposition to Labour in Sheffield is the Liberal Democrats, and thanks to Clegg's antics at Westminster they are likely to continue their decline locally. The Tories have long since given up on Sheffield and the Greens do quite well in the central wards of Sheffield.

There is also a referendum in Sheffield about having an elected mayor, and a referendum in Doncaster about getting rid of the position of elected mayor, such is the colossal mess that is local politics in Doncaster.