Toby Perkins MP

Labour’s campaign for the general election was given a flying start today as Toby Perkins, the Parliamentary candidate in the general election took to the streets of Chesterfield.

Following the announcement that there would be a general election on Thursday 6th May, Toby is making a ‘soapbox’ speech in Chesterfield town centre at 12 NOON. Continue Reading

A Chesterfield company that is employing at least 12 people every week has been hailed a ‘huge success’ by jobs campaigner Toby Perkins, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Chesterfield

Toby, who has put new jobs for Chesterfield at the heart of his campaign, arranged for Labour’s Minister of State for Business, Rosie Winterton MP, to see the Insurance firm’s Chesterfield offices which employ around 270 people. Continue Reading

The Foreign Secretary Rt Hon David Miliband told Chesterfield people that they faced a big choice at the next General election in a visit to Chesterfield on Thursday.

Speaking at the invitation of Labour’s Parliamentary candidate for Chesterfield, David Miliband told members of the Labour Party from across North Derbyshire that: Chesterfield was a must win seat for labour at the next election. “It [Chesterfield] is a town that shares Labour values and was badly damaged by the last Tory Government, and their attacks on heavy industry and particularly mining. The choice facing Chesterfield at this election is clear; we will either get a Labour government that believes in fairness and in supporting our economy, our public services and our families; or we get the same old Tory cuts.”
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Lib Dem Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes is today at the centre of another scandal involving his Parliamentary expenses, hot on the heels of the devastating findings of the enquiry into the Dolphin Square affair.

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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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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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