Cllr Minesh Parekh - Sheffield Hallam Labour Party

Crookes and Crosspool’s Labour team tackles Royal Mail bosses on poor service

Crookes and Crosspool Councillors Ruth Milsom and Minesh Parekh, and Hallam MP Olivia Blake met with Royal Mail regional managers on 29 February 2024, following complaints from residents about irregular and delayed letter deliveries. They presented findings from a survey of residents, including a number of cases where people have…

Crookes ‘Active Neighbourhood’ Trial – a statement from Crookes Labour Councillors

September 2023 As the experimental ‘Active Neighbourhood’ scheme in Crookes nears the end of its trial phase, we would like to update on the next steps, and the recommendations that we will be making to those taking the final decisions on each of the trial measures. On 20th September, the…

Our ward spending priorities | Cllrs Ruth Milsom and Minesh Parekh

At Sheffield City Council’s annual budget meeting in March 2023, Councillors supported devolving power away from the Town Hall into neighbourhoods, and to achieve this, unanimously voted to allow additional spending of £25,000 to be spent in each ward and overseen by ward councillors. As ward councillors for Crookes and…

Parents, Councillors and MPs win battle for future of King Edward VII school

Local Councillors Ruth Milsom and Minesh Parekh campaigned with parents of children at the historic King Edward VII school, and local Labour MPs, to fight off a forced academisation order – and won. Parents, pupils, and staff were shocked when King Edward VII school’s ‘Good’ overall rating turned to ‘Inadequate’…

Crookes and Crosspool Councillor shortlisted for national climate leader award

Minesh Parekh, Labour and Co-operative Councillor for Crookes and Crosspool, has been shortlisted for ‘Inspiring Locally-Elected Leader Award’ in the national Green Heart Hero Awards. The Green Heart Hero Awards are organised by The Climate Coalition, the UK’s largest climate organisation. The Climate Coalition is a group of over 140…

Don’t close our Royal Mail delivery office!

VICTORY! This petition received around 1000 signatures and is now closed. On 13th February 2023 we heard that the proposals to close the enquiry office had been shelved. THANK YOU to everyone who took action to let Royal Mail know how highly valued these local services are to people. ———-…

Councillors welcome update on Crookes & Walkley Active Neighbourhood trial

In September 2022 Labour Councillors in Crookes and Crosspool and Walkley wards called on the Council’s senior transport and infrastructure officers to pause physical implementation of the Active Neighbourhood trial to allow space for meaningful communication with the public. An update has now been published, along with a forward plan,…

Local Councillors press for clarity on Active Neighbourhood trial

Councillors have issued a statement about the Active Neighbourhood trial currently running in Crookes and Walkley. The Labour councillors support the aims of the trial but say the implementation has been ‘unpredictable’ and ‘confusing’. At a meeting with the Council’s Head of Strategic Transport and Infrastructure (Tuesday September 27th) they…

Crookes & Crosspool Councillors and Hallam MP outraged by bus companies’ cuts to service

Labour Councillors Minesh Parekh and Ruth Milsom, and Sheffield Hallam MP Olivia Blake, have voiced their anger at private bus companies’ plans to slash South Yorkshire’s bus services by a third.

Cllr Minesh Parekh gives maiden speech on Community Wealth Building

Councillor Minesh Parekh (Crookes and Crosspool) has given his maiden speech to Sheffield City Council less than a month after his election. Minesh’s amendment to a Liberal Democrat motion on “Building the Local Business Base” was voted through unanimously.

Labour gains Council seat in Crookes and Crosspool

Minesh Parekh was selected by local party members as Labour’s candidate for the 2022 council elections in Crookes and Crosspool ward, gaining the seat from the Liberal Democrats on May 5th. Minesh’s website Minesh’s Sheffield City Council profile

Visit to S6 Foodbank

Cllr Ruth Milsom and local Labour activist Minesh Parekh visited S6 Foodbank. Ruth said: “We were shown round the warehouse and Chris answered any questions we had. Our local Labour branch hosts a monthly collection point outside the Co-op on Crookes, and the first thing that struck us was how our…