Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes has given a delighted reaction to today's news that the Government have backed down over their badly thought out plans to close both HMRC offices in Chesterfield.
Your local MP, Paul Holmes today warned that a proposal by the government to take away cash reserves that local schools have built up will damage children's education.
At 9.30am on Friday the 19th October the Derbyshire Unemployed Worker's Centre are hosting an event to help end child poverty. Local Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes will be speaking at the event along with Katy Farr, a Community Worker from Boythorpe. 3.8million children in the UK today live in poverty and the problem affects children from every region.
Speaking during a Conservative opposition day debate into Housing Paul Holmes MP called on the Conservatives to wake up to the reality of Britain's housing crisis.
Commenting on today's Hometrack report showing that up to 50% of young working households are priced out of the housing market in some areas, Liberal Democrat Shadow Housing minister, Paul Holmes MP said:
We now have a new Prime Minister - although no one not even Labour Party members had any say in the matter. What though if anything will change? Gordon has trailed some changes in the way Government works -but will any policies change or will it just be more of the same? On policy Gordon says he wants to tackle the NHS, Crime and Housing, but where has he been for the last 10 years? The answer is that he has been at the centre of Government as Blair's number two and controller of the purse strings.
