The Labour Party has controlled Sheffield City Council (SCC) for too long. Now even the national Labour Party has lost all confidence in local Labour, forced SCC head Terry Fox to resign and put the Labour-controlled council under so-called "special measures." 

We,the undersigned residents of Sheffield, have lost all confidence as well. 

Moreover, SCC should be controlled by Sheffielders, not Labour Party bureaucrats based in Labour HQ in London.  

We call on SCC councillors for the Greens and the Liberal Democrats to immediately reach an agreement to JOINTLY control SCC for the next 12 months. Together, the two parties hold 43 seats on SCC as a result of the recent local elections. Labour holds only 39 seats. 

End the shame and mismanagement Labour has brought to our fair city. 

It is time, past time, for grown-up CO-OPERATIVE and LISTENING government. FOR THE MANY, NOT THE FEW.