UNEMPLOYMENT RISES AGAIN IN DERBYSHIRE
Unemployment figures released today have shown that unemployment has risen by 16% throughout Derbyshire between January and February and by 93%from February 2008.
18 Mar 2009
News
HOLMES PLEDGES TO END FUEL POVERTY MISERY
Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes has promised to end the misery of fuel poverty by voting in favour of a new law to help the most vulnerable people keep their homes warm - and has taken part in a 'sit-in protest' outside Parliament to show his commitment.
18 Mar 2009
POLICE CELLS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A NIGHT AT THE RITZ
New figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have today revealed that the Government spent £853 every time a police cell was used to house a prisoner.
15 Mar 2009
YES MINISTER
Older readers will remember the brilliant TV series, Yes Minister, in which senior Civil Servants and Ministers gave each other -and the voters -the run around with incomprehensible jargon and verbal tangles.
PH
13 Mar 2009
HOLMES CHALLENGES PRIME MINISTER, AT QUESTION TIME, OVER BUS FARES FIASCO
Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield Paul Holmes today challenged Gordon Brown over the Government's failure to properly fund the Concessionary Bus Fares scheme.
11 Mar 2009
Anger grows after meeting with 'Bus Minister'
Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes met this morning with the 'Bus Minister' Paul Clark.
4 Mar 2009