Toby Perkins MP

Toby Perkins, Labour Member of Parliament for Chesterfield, has called on youngsters in Chesterfield and Staveley to learn more about the out of school activities available to youngsters in Chesterfield following a visit by Mr. Perkins to the Brimington Air Force Cadets’ stall at the Brimington Gala on Saturday 26^th June. Continue Reading

Toby Perkins MP last week showed his commitment to ensure that people with a learning disability get the healthcare they have a right to by signing Mencap’s Getting it right charter.

The MP for Chesterfield signed the charter at a Parliamentary Reception which was part of the launch of Mencap’s Getting it right campaign, the focus of this year’s Learning Disability Week. The charter calls on health professionals to commit to a nine-point pledge that will help make real changes and save lives.

 Speaking at the Getting it right Parliamentary Reception, Mr Perkins said:

“This is a hugely important campaign that sets a benchmark of practice to ensure that people with a learning disability have the same access to good healthcare as everyone else. I pledge my commitment and support to help ‘Get it right’ for people with a learning disability from across Chesterfield.”

 For more information on the Getting it right campaign and charter, and to show your support, www.mencap.org.uk/gettingitright.

A heated House of Commons debate on the Department for Communities  Local Government saw the first startling admission by the new coalition government about the true victims of the bank initiated economic deficit.

Junior Minister Bob Neill told the house : “Those in greatest need ultimately bear the burden of paying off the debt.”

The comments were made during a debate about the first round of Local Government cuts that have seen £160,000 taken from Chesterfield Council, more than double the national average. The cuts came from funding specifically given to Councils in the most deprived areas.

Toby was called to quiz Secretary of State Eric Pickles about the cuts to Chesterfield’s budget. After the debate, Toby Perkins said:”It hasn’t taken long for the true face of caring conservatism to come to the fore. For all the talk about eliminating waste, and protecting the poor, now a Minister has come out and admitted that it will be the poorest communities that the Tory cuts are targetting. Although I am shocked, I can’t say I am suprised, but I will fight on to build public opposition to these cuts, and pressure the Government to look elsewhere for ways to repay the losses incurred by their banking friends in the city.”

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

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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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 hung parliament.

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