HAPPINESS IS EMPOWERMENT
Speaking in yesterday's debate on "Wealth or Well-being" at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference in Brighton, Paul Holmes, MP for Chesterfield said:
20 Sep 2006
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TAX PLANS MOST RE-DISTRIBUTIVE IN 50 YEARS
Speaking in today's debate on taxation at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference in Brighton, Paul Holmes, MP for Chesterfield, said:
20 Sep 2006
Launch Pad Conference
This autumn conference could be the last before the next General Election. If Tony Blair finally goes, voluntarily or otherwise, then his successor is likely to 'cut and run' in an attempt to cash in on any honeymoon factor before political reality reasserts itself. Especially if that successor is Gordon Brown.
PHMP
15 Sep 2006
Latest successes boost Chesterfield's "medals" haul
Two more awards for Chesterfield Borough Council, announced within the last few days, have taken the town's "medals haul" to new heights. The Council has won a score of major awards in the last few years, for projects ranging through licensing, craftsmanship, tourism and health to use of new technology and the achievements of its young craft apprentices.
14 Sep 2006
Innovation Centres boost for local employment
Almost 800 new jobs have been created by the success of Innovation Centres run by Chesterfield Borough Council. The Centres, designed to act as "seedbeds" for young companies utilising new technology, have done just that - with several firms starting life at the Centres before expanding into their own premises.
14 Sep 2006
GIVE PUBLIC LIBRARIES BREATH OF LIFE
Only days after launching a national Love Libraries campaign, the Government demonstrated it had very much fallen out of love with libraries. In its new cultural participation target, the Government consigned the invaluable cultural role of libraries to the dustbin by recognising buying books but not borrowing them from public libraries.
25 Aug 2006