Local issues in Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough

We're collecting local issues in Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough. Some of these have been turned into questions to put to the candidates standing at the 2010 general election in the form of a questionnaire.

Issues are no longer being turned into questions, but we still want them! A good local issue will be about a problem of local relevance, possibly suggesting how something should have been/be done.

• Add issue for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
• parks and open-spaces, such as Hillsborough park,m need to be well-lit at night, and the lighting maintained properly to reduce anti-social behaviour report abuse
• the Supertram infrastructure ought to be expanded, rather than spending money on the new and inferior BRT system (source) report abuse
• local enterprise ought to be encouraged through subsidised business rates report abuse
• Future High Speed Rail expansion must include Sheffield, to provide economic benefits to the whole of South Yorkshire, at a greater rate of return than the Manchester route (source) report abuse
• Old Railway Staions and lines ought to be reopened, especially in the Don Valley (Wadsley Bridge, Attercliffe and Brightside Stations for example) as a more efficient method of mass transit (source) report abuse
• high speed rail should come to Sheffield, not go to Leeds via Manchester. report abuse

Local questions for candidate questionnaire

These are the questions that have been made out of the local issues Demoracy Club volunteers have posted. They'll make up the 'local' section of a questionnaire that TheyWorkForYou is developing in conjunction with Demoracy Club. Below the question is the local issue it's derived from.

Do you agree that ... ?

• Local enterprise ought to be encouraged through subsidised business rates.
  Based on issue: local enterprise ought to be encouraged through subsidised business rates
• The Supertram infrastructure ought to be expanded, rather than spending money on the new BRT system. (source)
  Based on issue: the Supertram infrastructure ought to be expanded, rather than spending money on the new and inferior BRT system (source)
• Extra public money should be spent ensuring that local parks and open spaces, such as Hillsborough Park, are well-lit at night.
  Based on issue: parks and open-spaces, such as Hillsborough park,m need to be well-lit at night, and the lighting maintained properly to reduce anti-social behaviour