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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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Press Release – MP challenged over ’smear’ campaign
Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes has been challenged to come clean over his expenses in a public debate after an extraordinary letter in which the MP made unsubstantiated claims that his family had been the target of a smear campaign.
Toby Perkins, Labour’s Parliamentary candidate for Chesterfield has written an open letter to Mr Holmes calling for [...]
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Housing at Risk Says Minister
Housing minister John Healey on a visit to Brimington Common, Chesterfield last Thursday told local residents that secure council house tenancies could be a thing of the past.
He explained how Tory plans would seriously affect council house tenants, with proposals that include hiking up rent levels and putting all tenants on short-term leases.
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