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Sport England funding set to improve tennis club’s service Any Questions? Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins visits Parkside Community School for ‘Question Time’ debate Credit where it’s due! MP Toby Perkins joins local politicians in support of Credit Union 45 Timberline jobs saved Shouting from the rooftops: MP Toby Perkins nominates local business Chesterfelt for ‘Made by Britain’ Award Lottery and MP Marching on with War Veterans: MP Toby Perkins launches Lottery funded project for WW2 veterans
 
Sport England funding set to improve tennis club’s service

Sport England funding set to improve tennis club’s service

Delighted officials, members and community leaders gathered last Friday to celebrate the news that Sport England had awarded Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club a substantial £35,000 to help develop the reception and social rooms. Toby Perkins, Labour Member of Parliament for Chesterfield and Shadow Minister for Small Business, presented the cheque which will help the Club [...]

Any Questions? Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins visits Parkside Community School for ‘Question Time’ debate

Any Questions? Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins visits Parkside Community School for ‘Question Time’ debate

Around 50 Year 8 Students at Parkside Community School attended a ‘Question Time’ style debate today with local MP Toby Perkins. Mr. Perkins, a former Councillor for Rother Ward, from which many students who attend Parkside reside, hailed the students as ‘very impressive’ as they quizzed the Shadow Minister on subjects from his job as [...]

Credit where it’s due! MP Toby Perkins joins local politicians in support of Credit Union

Credit where it’s due! MP Toby Perkins joins local politicians in support of Credit Union

With pay day loans companies exacerbating the financial problems of hundreds of people across the region, local politicians have come out in support of the Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Credit Union in an attempt to promote responsible lending. Toby Perkins, Labour Member of Parliament for Chesterfield, joined the leaders of both Chesterfield Borough and North [...]

45 Timberline jobs saved

45 Timberline jobs saved

Dozens of staff at under-threat Timberline celebrated with the news that a Barnsley firm had been successful in a take-over bid – saving 45 jobs. Toby Perkins, Labour Member of Parliament for Chesterfield and Shadow Minister for Small Business, hailed the news as “a fantastic result” for all those people who have worked around the [...]

Shouting from the rooftops: MP Toby Perkins nominates local business Chesterfelt for ‘Made by Britain’ Award

Shouting from the rooftops: MP Toby Perkins nominates local business Chesterfelt for ‘Made by Britain’ Award

Despite massive economic pressures in the UK and across Europe, local manufacturers continue to do business and employ thousands of people. Today Toby Perkins, Labour Member of Parliament for Chesterfield and Shadow Minister for Small Business, nominated ‘Chesterfelt, a Sheepbridge firm specializing in the production of roofing membranes, for the ‘Made by Britain’ award which [...]

Lottery and MP Marching on with War Veterans: MP Toby Perkins launches Lottery funded project for WW2 veterans

Lottery and MP Marching on with War Veterans: MP Toby Perkins launches Lottery funded project for WW2 veterans

Following a presentation from The Big Lottery at the Houses of Parliament, Toby Perkins, Labour Member of Parliament for Chesterfield, joined servicemen from WW2, along with representatives of veterans associations and the Royal Legion at the regional launch of the ‘Heroes Return Project. After attending the meeting in Westminster, Mr. Perkins arranged the event to [...]

It’s Udder-ly fantastic! Toby Perkins MP joins nursery children and staff to celebrate World School Milk Day

It’s Udder-ly fantastic! Toby Perkins MP joins nursery children and staff to celebrate World School Milk Day

21 September 2011

Today marks World School Milk Day across the UK to highlight the importance of milk as a nutritious and healthy part of children’s diets. Toby Perkins, Labour Member of Parliament for Chesterfield and Shadow Minister for Children and Families, joined nursery staff and children at Families First in Birdholme as representatives of ‘Cool Milk’ emphasized [...]

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It’s the business! Toby Perkins MP officially opens warehouse extension at local firm

It’s the business! Toby Perkins MP officially opens warehouse extension at local firm

19 September 2011

Franke Sissons, the Chesterfield based washroom facilities business on the Sheepbridge industrial estate, has celebrated the opening of a new warehouse extension which is set to help facilitate its unprecedented growth in overseas markets. Toby Perkins MP, Labour Member of Parliament for Chesterfield, cut the ribbon alongside Managing Director, Andy Dukelow, who has helped steer [...]

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A Class Act: MP Praises ‘outstanding’ pupils at Whitecotes Q&A

A Class Act: MP Praises ‘outstanding’ pupils at Whitecotes Q&A

19 September 2011

Chesterfield Member of Parliament, Toby Perkins, praised staff and pupils at Whitecotes Primary School in Birdholme after taking part in a Question and Answer Session led by the newly formed School Parliament. The Shadow Minister for Children and Families praised the challenging and thoughtful questions of the children on the role of MP’s, the House [...]

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MPs wear it pink to fund a cure for breast cancer

14 September 2011

Toby Perkins, Member of Parliament for Chesterfield is joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign to raise awareness of its biggest fundraising event, wear it pink day. On Friday 28 October 2011 supporters in schools, colleges and businesses throughout the country are encouraged to don an item of pink in support of Campaign and each donate [...]

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Toby Perkins MP visits Probation Service

Toby Perkins MP visits Probation Service

09 September 2011

Toby Perkins, Member of Parliament for Chesterfield, visited Derbyshire Probation Trust’s Brimington Road offices to meet staff and gain a clearer view of the work they do. Speaking to probation staff, Mr. Perkins recognised the changes going on in the Justice portfolio and that whilst the government intended to reduce the number of custodial sentences, [...]

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Welcome Back! Shadow Education Minister calls on students to exceed expectations despite Government cuts

Welcome Back! Shadow Education Minister calls on students to exceed expectations despite Government cuts

08 September 2011

With schools re-opening after the summer vacation, Toby Perkins, Labour Member of Parliament for Chesterfield and Shadow Education Minister, has urged students to continue to exceed expectations despite the Government’s cuts programmes.  With the economy continuing to stall, Mr. Perkins has stressed the importance of education for young people in an increasingly competitive job market. [...]

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Chesterfield’s mental health top of the agenda with local MPs

Chesterfield’s mental health top of the agenda with local MPs

01 September 2011

Toby Perkins, MP for Chesterfield, and Natascha Engel, MP for North East Derbyshire, visited a Rethink Mental Illness community service that supports people in Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire with severe mental illness. The MPs were invited to the service following the Chesterfield Mental Health Summit held by Rethink in March this year.  After a [...]

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What does Hizb ut-Tahrir climb-down tell us about our prime minister?

What does Hizb ut-Tahrir climb-down tell us about our prime minister?

31 August 2011

His government’s failure to ban Hizb ut-Tahrir tells us an awful lot about David Cameron the man. By Toby Perkins MP Pursuing issues in opposition that subsequently prove considerably trickier to resolve in government is an occupational hazard of becoming a new prime minister. David Cameron has been hoisted on his own opportunistic petard numerous [...]

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I am Toby Perkins, Labour's Member of parliament for Chesterfield. I was elected on May 6th 2010.

I hold regular surgeries in Chesterfield and Staveley so that constituents can meet me and I can take up their concerns. If you want to make an appointment, then please contact my office.

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