PACKED PUBLIC MEETING DEMANDS COUNCIL THINK AGAIN OVER CONTROVERSIAL ROAD PLANS.

A meeting organised by Chesterfield Civic Society was packed to full capacity last night with over 250 residents attending. Local County Cllr Paul Niblock was among those addressing the meeting. Paul was elected in May this year when the supposed County Council consultation was already underway. He told the meeting that whilst knocking on doors on Chatsworth Road and the adjoining side streets he found barely a single resident who knew anything about the proposals.

Budget leaves many in Chesterfield worse off

The Liberal Democrats have said the Chancellor is "living on another planet" after he claimed in interviews that changes to the Universal Credit taper amount to cutting taxes. Even the Institute for Fiscal Studies says the gap between the "generosity of the furlough scheme and the meanness of our out of work benefit system could hardly be more stark."

Daisy Cooper has said that many aspects of the budget are sorely lacking, including those regarding the NHS, children's education and building fire safety.

Reacting to the budget announcements, Daisy Cooper MP said:

On the cost of living

"The Chancellor is clearly out of touch with the cost of living crisis. People won't be fooled by the toxic cocktail of tax rises and universal credit cuts which will create an enormous gap between what's in the Tories' budget and what's in people's pockets.

The COP26 Climate Conference dates run from 31^st October until 11th November, having been postponed from last year due to Covid. This is the most important climate summit since the landmark Paris Agreement was agreed at COP21 in 2015 (COP stands for Conference of Parties).

The Paris agreement committed nearly all of the worlds' countries to take actions to limit global warming to 1.5℃ above preindustrial levels. The postponement means that the COP26 will now take place after the 'by 2020' deadline for numerous components of the Paris Agreement. This year's COP26 will be held in Glasgow hosted by the British Government.

Mortgage borrowers face biggest rise in interest payments since financial crisis - the Office for Budget Responsibility has warned mortgage interest payments to surge by 13% in 2023, the biggest rise since the financial crisis: Average mortgage borrower to see monthly payments rise by £510 a year.

Reacting to new statistics which show there are a record 5.7m people in England waiting for hospital treatment - a figure growing by 100,000 a month - Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Health and Social Care Munira Wilson MP said:

"These damning figures show the government is failing to get to grips with the crisis facing the NHS.

The autumn party conferences traditionally mark the start of the new political season. They are a time to reflect on the past year and set out plans to succeed in the coming year.

Both politics and coronavirus have made it a tough time since the last round of conferences. But we can look forward to this new political season with confidence that if we continue to raise our game, we can prosper. We've seen signs of that already, including with Sarah Green's fantastic win in Chesham and Amersham and also with the latest net favourability leadership polling from Savanta ComRes:

Black History Month UK is a celebration of Black history, arts and culture that takes place throughout October every year. The event provides an important opportunity to highlight and learn about Black history and heritage, and the way that people of African and Caribbean descent have shaped our nation's story.