Olivia Blake

A Free Palestine protest outside Sheffield Town Hall on November 1

City MP supports party rebellion over Gaza ceasefire vote

Olivia Blake, Sheffield Hallam MP, visits The Sheffield College during Colleges Week 2023.

City’s civic leaders test their skills at The Sheffield College

The People's Assembly banner on a protest outside the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Sunday, October 3. Sheffield supporters joined the march. Picture: Les Wray

Food poverty campaigners target city MPs

Sheffield Hallam MP Olivia Blake is calling on the government for urgent spending on school repairs

MP calls for urgent school repairs spending after constituent injured

Sheffield Hallam MP Olivia Blake, centre front row, and fellow parliamentary supporters of the Climate and Ecology Bill that she introduced to the House of Commons

MP introduces new bill on climate crisis

Sheffield Hallam MP, Olivia Blake, has written to Ofgem urging them to act following the major gas incident in Stannington last year.

MP writes to energy regulator over issues still facing gas flood residents

Sheffield Liberal Democrats has selected its leader councillor Shaffaq Mohammed to contest Hallam at the next general election.

Liberal Democrat leader chosen to ‘win back’ Hallam at general election

Dore Primary School. Olivia Blake, MP for Sheffield Hallam, urged ministers to ensure schools were safe after a parent was seriously injured by cladding falling off a building.

Parent seriously injured after large piece of cladding flies off school

Olivia Blake, MP for Sheffield Hallam – which includes parts of the Peak District, won the parliamentary award for championing the hen harrier, one of the most endangered birds of prey in the UK.

MP wins award for championing endangered hen harrier

Two 15-year-olds have been charged with the murder of Brianna Ghey after she was found fatally wounded by members of the public in Culcheth Linear Park on February 11.

City's Peace Gardens to host vigil for 'murdered' teen Brianna Ghey

Sheffield MP Olivia Blake is calling for safe, legal routes for asylum seekers to reach the UK. Picture Scott Merrylees

She does not speak for us

Sheffield Hallam MP Olivia Blake, second right, in Westminster with members of Together with Refugees, a coalition of refugee and asylum seeker organisations calling for the Rwanda Plan to deport asylum seekers to be scrapped

MP urges government to scrap ‘cruel gimmick’ Rwanda plan

Campaigners fear Royal Mail is looking to close the enquiry desk at Sheffield West Delivery Office, on Tapton Hall Road, Crosspool

Closure fears over Royal Mail parcel pick-up office

MP Olivia Blake urged the BBC to broadcast more northern voices and protect regional news amid a significant restructure.

MP calls for more northern voices on national news and praises BBC Sheffield

Laura Gordon has announced she will stand down as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for marginal seat Sheffield Hallam following health challenges.

Lib Dem MP candidate stands down from marginal seat following health challenges

Councillors Alan Hooper and Councillor Vickie Priestley with the Grinch.

Council throws Christmas party for residents hit by major incident

Residents are still asking for answers from Yorkshire Water, and the firm’s CEO, Nicola Shaw, appeared on the BBC’s Politics North this morning (Sunday, December 18) for an interview with Tim Iredale.

Everything Yorkshire Water's CEO said on Stannington gas flood disaster

Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero Ed Miliband and Sheffield Hallam MP Olivia Blake visit Stannington.

Ed Miliband visits Stannington residents

Some residents in Stannington have been left without heat and power for a week now

Residents hit by major incident to get major compensation boost

Sheffield Hallam MP Olivia Blake is working alongside South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard to call a public meeting in her constituency to discuss action on bus cuts that have hit the city

MP and mayor call public meeting to discuss action on bus cuts

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 25: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak waves to the media following a statement after taking office outside Number 10 in Downing Street on October 25, 2022 in London, England. Rishi Sunak will take office as the UK's 57th Prime Minister today after he was appointed as Conservative leader. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

‘No mandate to govern’ – Sheffield reacts to new prime minister Rishi Sunak

Tributes from Sheffield politicians have flooded in for Queen Elizabeth II hailing her as an extraordinary leader with unwavering commitment following her death.

Queen Elizabeth II: Sheffield MPs pay respects to ‘guiding light for the world’

Sheffield Hallam Labour MP Olivia Blake wants a general election now and says Liz Truss's election as Prime Minister is bad for the country and planet

Politicians call for early election as new PM announced

A Sheffield MP has raised concern about NHS services being at breaking point as 17 percent of South Yorkshire patients could not get a GP appointment the last time they tried. Picture: Shutterstock

Nearly 20 percent of South Yorkshire patients cannot get a GP appointment

Sheffield City Council LibDem grouop leader Coun Shaffaq Mohammed - his party are calling for a windfall tax on oil and gas producers like BP who have announced huge profits

BP profits fury - calls for ‘green energy revolution’ and windfall tax

An image from Parliament TV of Olivia Blake speaking in the Commons about her own experience of miscarriage as part of her campaign to get better healthcare and support services

MP makes heartbreaking speech about miscarriage and calls for better care

Sheffield Hallam MP, Olivia Blake.

Sheffield MP tells Tories to boot Boris out of prime minister position now

Stephanie Peacock, Labour MP for Barnsley East and Olivia Blake, Sheffield Hallam's Labour MP, backed calls for a Uk-wide inquiry into the 1984-85 miners' strike

South Yorkshire MPs back calls for UK-wide inquiry into miners’ strike

Sheffield Hallam MP, Olivia Blake. Blake is stepping down from her role as shadow minister for climate change on the Labour frontbench.

Sheffield MP resigns from Labour frontbench

After a campaign run by The Star and Campaign to Protect Rural England, Ethel Haythornthwaite, who fought for our access to the Peak District and Sheffield's green belt finally has a blue plaque in her honour

Blue plaque unveiled for countryside pioneer as Star campaign a success

Olivia Blake, MP for Sheffield Hallam

Cost of living: Sheffield Hallam MP offers support to Our Kids Count campaign

Olivia Blake, MP for Sheffield Hallam.

Sheffield MP speaks out about housing horrors in her constituency

Conrad Blandford Hairdressing, on Ecclesall Road, in Sheffield, is offering free haircuts to Ukrainian refugees

Sheffield salon offers free haircuts to Ukrainian refugees

Vicky Lawlor addresses the transgender rally on the steps of Sheffield City Hall. The rally was calling for a ban on conversion therapy on transgender people

Love us don’t hate us, transgender campaigner tells City Hall rally

Sheffield councillors say the city is welcoming Ukrainian refugees but Home Office delays are preventing many from coming

“Disgraceful” Home Office delays for Ukrainian refugees seeking sanctuary in She...

Labour MPs (l-r) Olivia Blake, Gill Furniss and Louise Haigh have called for Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak to resign after they were fined for lockdown parties

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak fines prompts Sheffield MPs to call for their resi...

Crookes residents, local councillors and Olivia Blake MP are campaigning to save the community garden at Cobden View Road

Sheffield Hallam MP Olivia Blake backs campaign to stop flats being built on Cro...

Friends of Whirlow Brook Park were awarded £8,500 by the National Lottery as part of the Together for our Planet programme.

Park friends group gets £8.5k to launch climate change project

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June Hall at The Bakers Shop, on Howard Road, in Walkley, Sheffield, which she has run with her sons Darren and Derek for the last 30 years. It is closing for good on Saturday, November 25

Popular bakery in Sheffield closing after 30 years

The canal towpath near Tinsley tram stop in Sheffield, where a 'vulnerable' 18-year-old with autism was attacked with a machete. Photo: Marti Stelling

'Vulnerable' teen attacked by gang with machete

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