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Minister salutes working community

The success of a Chesterfield project, which has helped over 60 unemployed people find jobs this year was demonstrated to a visiting Government Minister yesterday. Jim Knight MP, the Employment and Welfare Minister, joined Labour’s Parliamentary candidate Toby Perkins, on a visit to the Communities that work project on Cuttholme Way.
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Corporate service chaos needs sorting now

Chesterfield Borough Council’s financial crisis took another disastrous turn after the plans to privatise the Corporate Services function were thrown into disarray on Thursday. Two of the three companies who were involved in the tender process have now pulled out leaving the cash strapped Council in an extremely vulnerable position.
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Why the polls are narrowing

Throughout 2010 there has been a relatively steady pattern of opinion polls showing a narrowing of the Conservative lead. The latest poll by Ipsos Mori in the Daily Telegraph shows the lead down to just five points, and for the first time, under a uniform national swing, Labour would now be the largest party in a [...]
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Council’s Financial Crisis

Chesterfield Borough Council’s financial crisis took another disastrous turn after the plans to privatise the Corporate Services function were thrown into disarray on Thursday. Two of the three companies who were involved in the tender process have now pulled out leaving the cash strapped Council in an extremely vulnerable position.
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An Interesting View Point

I was pleased to accept an invitation to address a Politics Access course group of students at Chesterfield College on the 8th February. The purpose was to give the students an insight into modern campaigning methodologies. For me, it was a great opportunity to engage with young people on their response to the political literature and [...]
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