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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.

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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.

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Anger grows after meeting with 'Bus Minister'

Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes met this morning with the 'Bus Minister' Paul Clark.

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GOVERNMENT'S UNDERHAND TACTICTS OVER DNA DATABASE COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE

Outrage is growing at the Government's underhand attempt to sideline Parliament, in its response to the European Court Ruling that the largest DNA database in the world was in breach of the European…

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HOLMES CHALLENGES MINISTER TO VISIT CHESTERFIELD

Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield yesterday wrote to Transport Minister Paul Clark MP to invite him to visit Chesterfield to meet with Chesterfield Borough Council and to see at first…

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HOLMES CONDEMS POLICE UNDERFUNDING

Speaking in Parliament, Paul Holmes Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield and Shadow Home Affairs Spokesman told the Police Minister in today's Police Grant debate that -

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TODAY'S UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES ARE THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR NEW LABOUR'S ECONOMIC CREDIBILITY

Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield Paul Holmes has today slammed the Government for their weak response to the economic crisis, following the publication of unemployment figures that show that like…

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