Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield Paul Holmes has today released figures that show that unemployment throughout Derbyshire is reaching or has surpassed the levels of unemployment Labour inherited in 1997.
Commenting on the news that millions of pounds seized from tobacco smugglers over the past eight years will have to be returned because Customs officers unlawfully confiscated their assets, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesman Paul Holmes MP said,
Commenting on the news that magistrates have warned that police should not be given more powers to issue on-the-spot fines for careless driving because they cannot be "relied on" to handle them appropriately, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesman Paul Holmes MP said,
Incidents of self-harm in women's prisons have nearly doubled since 2003, according to research by the Liberal Democrats.
The number of women being fined for being drunk and disorderly has risen by nearly a third in just three years, according to research by the Liberal Democrats.
Local Liberal Democrats once again topped the European polls in Chesterfield and Staveley as they did in 2004.
