Julia Cambridge has been out supporting the Save Our Leisure Centre campaign group headed by Alan Maris as they handed over their residents petition at the Town Hall. Alan Maris handed in a petition containing over 3,200 local signatures. The group still need as many people as possible to still sign and support the petition and ask anyone interested in doing so to click and sign!
Local campaigner Julia Cambridge condemns propaganda on the Council Tax Derbyshire Constabulary send out controversial plans, on behalf of the Council, under the guise of a 'Good news story.' Chesterfield residents have been left questioning the relationship between Derbyshire Police and the Labour run Borough Council after a press release to promote the Council's controversial plans to bulldoze a much loved leisure facility, and rebuild a smaller centre with shared facilities, has been sent to over 600 people who have unwittingly signed up to receive 'Derbyshire Alerts' from the police.
On Thursday 28 March the Chesterfield local party welcomed Tom Brake MP for Carshalton and Wallington and Deputy Leader of the House of Commons.
Julia Cambridge, Parliamentary Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, handed the first batch of signatures against the proposed Council Tax increase to opposition leader Cllr Ray Russell this week, ahead of a second batch which will be taken to the Council meeting on Thursday evening.
In a letter published today in the Derbyshire Times, Chesterfield Borough Cllr Ray Russell challenged the Labour-held Council over their decision to raise Council Tax rates, despite an offer from the Government to continue funding a freeze in rates.
Shock figures show that the number of shop vacancies on Chesterfield High Street have nearly doubled since Labour took control of the Council less than 2 years ago.
