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Plastic Bottle Recycling Schemes
Maggie Kellman Cllr Kellman says "we all know that plastic is a serious threat to our natural environment, yet millions of plastic bottles go unrecycled every day. It is easy to blame the…
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Democracy and freedom can never be taken for granted
Layla Moran Lib Dem Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Layla Moran responds to the Trump-inspired attacks on the US Capitol Building in Washington D.C. Like you, I watched domestic terrorists and…
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Chesterfield could be a world leader in clean energy
At the full council meeting on the 16th December, Lib Dem Councillor Tom Snowdon asked the leader of the council to submit a bid for Chesterfield to host a major new UK government project. …
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Unitary plans shelved for now
Boris Backs down? Campaigners fighting to stop the abolition of local Borough and District Councils and their replacement with large, remote and unaccountable countywide Unitary authorities…
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The new COVID tier system is confused and chaotic
Ed Davey Boris Johnson must address growing concerns before Liberal Democrat MPs can vote for the new tier system. The country is desperate to get life back to normal, particularly given how…
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Our public sector workers deserve better than a pay freeze
Liberal Democrats It's been a hard year for families across Britain this year. A public-sector pay freeze is completely unacceptable. With the economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic,…
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Traffic Management Measures Introduced in Chesterfield were "tokenistic and badly thought through gestures"
Keith Falconer The Government is currently reviewing the first round of, often controversial, traffic management measures that were hastily introduced during the first Covid Lockdown in March…
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Happy Diwali to all
Shirley Niblock Diwali is the five-day Festival of Lights, celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains to honour Rama. He returned to his people after 14 years of exile during which…
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Covid-19's Impact on BME Communities
Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on Black and ethnic minority communities - they are over-represented in Covod-19 severe illnesses and deaths because of long-standing racial and socio-economic…
