Government badger cull slammed as “barbaric and unjustifiable”

Chesterfield MP, Toby Perkins, has joined the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and other wildlife groups in condemning in Government decision to extend badger culling to 11 new areas in England, including Derbyshire. Government agency, Natural England, announced last month that 11 additional areas were being be issued with culling licences, and…

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Urgent action needed to protect the UK’s ‘sky dancers’

This August saw the 6th annual Hen Harrier Day, which was set up in 2014 to raise awareness of the plight of these spectacular birds, also referred to as ‘sky dancers’ due to their acrobatic mating ritual displays, which the RSPB says are facing extinction. Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins said, “Hen…

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Removing VAT from sunscreen could save thousands of lives

Skin cancer rates could be cut and thousands of lives saved if VAT is removed from sunscreen, says Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins. Statistics from the British Skin Foundation state that at least 100,000 new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year, with the disease killing over 2,500 people each year in the UK.…

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County Council accused of misleading the public and continuing with closure of care home

Campaigners against the closure of The Spinney Care Home in Brimington have accused the Conservative-leadership at Derbyshire County Council of continuing with plans to close the home, despite supposedly U-turning on the closure following a public consultation. Derbyshire County Council announced proposals last year to close seven local authority run…

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Back to School Survey

On Thursday 28th May the Prime Minister announced that the conditions the Government had set for a partial reopening of schools had been met and children in reception, Years 1 and 6 would return to school on the 1st June with some secondary school students returning from 25th June. Despite…

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BLOG: Update on local care homes

20 Apr 2020

I am having regular discussions with Derbyshire County Council, together with other local MPs, to discuss the various issues affecting care homes, social services, community carers and many other issues during this coronavirus crisis. The County Council inform me that all local authority homes, including The Spinney in Brimington, have…

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‘Care home closure consultation must be postponed’ demands Chesterfield MP

Camapaigners against the closure of The Spinney Care Home in Chesterfield have reacted with anger after it emrged that Simon Stevens, Service Director Adult Social Care  at Derbyshire County Council has declared the consultation into the closure of 7 local authority care homes, including the Spinney Care Home, will be…

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Funding finally secured for Staveley Bypass

Following the budget announcement that money would be provided for the long demanded Staveley bypass, Toby Perkins expressed his delight that the campaigning had finally borne fruit. “I remember telling a cynical voter on the Chesterfield Road at Brimington that it was a priority back in 2010, and they said…

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Youngsters urged to ‘be kind’ in new campaign to stop animal cruelty

Research by the RSPCA revealed that nearly a quarter of school children aged 10-18 have witnessed animal cruelty and neglect on social media.  Generation Kind, the charity’s biggest ever education and prevention programme, was developed to help address this. Toby Perkins MP attended the RSPCA’s launch event at the House…

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Toby Perkins MP pledges support for local pubs in Chesterfield

Toby Perkins MP has today pledged their support for the Long Live the Local Campaign to help pubs in Chesterfield keep their doors open. Toby Perkins joins the more than 240,000 people who have signed the petition so far, including 442 in Chesterfield alone. Toby Perkins MP is calling on…

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Chesterfield MP calls for clampdown to prevent illegal foxhunting

Parliament marked 14 years since the introduction of the Hunting Act last week, and Chesterfield MP, Toby Perkins, has added his weight to the campaign for a strengthening of the rules to stop illegal fox hunting. Toby said, “Animal welfare is something that I and my constituents care deeply about…

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Staveley Matters- Tell us your views on Banking and GPs

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MP backs campaign to protect shopworkers from abuse

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First-time voters say ‘we’re stronger in’

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All cisterns go to flush away poverty

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Chesterfield MP calls on supermarkets to install defibrillators in stores

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Toby Perkins MP encourages people in Chesterfield to become blood donors

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Chesterfield MP urges people to step up and join the Big Pathwatch

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Toby Perkins MP calls for constituents to ‘Save a little, Save a lot’ and help give people around the world access to clean safe water

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Local triumph overshadowed by national loss

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Statement on Campaign volunteers

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