Sheffield Council’s meaningless apology for the street tree scandal
The Sheffield street tree scandal is what happens when a dominant group asserts such absolute power that listening to alternate...
Read moreDetailsAlison was a Green Party councillor representing Nether Edge & Sharrow in Sheffield from 2016-2022. Alison instigated the street tree inquiry during negotiations with Labour along with her councillor colleague Douglas Johnson in May 2021, as a condition of entering a cooperative agreement to run the council. She stood down in May 2022 and is employed in her profession as a psychologist while continuing to campaign on nature, women, and children.
The Sheffield street tree scandal is what happens when a dominant group asserts such absolute power that listening to alternate...
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