Commenting on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee report released today which highlights a "serious funding shortfall" for English Heritage and "miniscule" support for cathedrals, Paul Holmes MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Arts and Heritage said:
Over 6,000 Post Offices, including one in every three in Chesterfield and Staveley, have already been closed down - mostly by the policies of Brown and Blair. Now the future of the remaining 14,000 is in grave danger.
A visitor from Essex has paid a glowing tribute to Chesterfield after enjoying a coach trip to the town. Mrs V Clark, from Saffron Walden in Essex, said it was the highlight of her aged father's holiday. "We went to Queen's Park and as well as enjoying the park and gardens and river, it was a delight to go somewhere where so much thought had gone into facilities for those in wheelchairs", she wrote.
Commenting after meeting a delegation of SubPostmasters from Chesterfield taking part in today's National Federation of lobby of Parliament against Post Office closures, Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield said: "One third of the Post Offices in Chesterfield have closed since 1997.
Following this morning's meeting with Minister, Anne McQuire, Chesterfield Liberal Democrat MP Paul Holmes welcomed the consultation period now being offered to all Remploy employees, following the publication yesterday of the Price Waterhouse Coopers review of the Remploy factories.
Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield has today slammed the performance of the Security Industry Authority (SIA), which has failed to process applications for a licence from Chesterfield security staff for months more than their target. Mr Holmes said:
