Further update on Flooding

Further update on Flooding I appreciate what an incredibly stressful week it has been following the heavy rainfall and risk of flooding. Thankfully, the water levels did not reach the same heights as last October and most properties remained unscathed. However, I do know that some businesses and cellars were flooded,…

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TWIST – More help is needed for ex-footballers with dementia

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BLOG: Hospices are vital to our communities – but they need more support

There are many brilliant organisations and charities in Chesterfield that make me proud of our town and the work they do, but Ashgate Hospice is one that I hold particularly dear – a feeling that I know is shared by my constituents. Almost everyone in Chesterfield has had cause to…

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Chesterfield MP joins campaign to end cruel puppy smuggling trade

Local MP, Toby Perkins, has joined the Dogs Trust campaign to end the illegal puppy trade and is calling on the Government to take action now to protect dogs from harm and end this cruel trade once and for all. The Dogs Trust held an event for Parliamentarians to highlight…

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Toby Perkins MP shows support for Macmillan

Cancer sufferers and campaigners won the backing of Chesterfield’s Labour MP Toby Perkins at an event today in the Houses of Parliament hosted by Macmillan Cancer Care. Hearing that one in two people develop cancer in their lifetime was just one of the shocking figures and highlighted the importance of…

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New Shadow Minister for Nature and Rural Affairs shows his support for Britain’s farmers on Back British Farming Day

Toby Perkins MP, who was named last week as the new Shadow Minister for Nature and Rural Affairs, showed his support for British farmers by wearing a wheatsheaf pin badge in the House of Commons. Toby also joined other MPs at a special celebration event in Parliament to mark ‘Back British…

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Summer Health Survey: Still time to give your views on local NHS services

Chesterfield residents have just a few days left to ensure their experiences of local health services are considered as part of Toby Perkins MP’s Summer Health survey. Over the summer holidays, Toby and his campaign team have been conducting doorstep, online and written surveys into local NHS services. The results will…

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Chesterfield MP supports Silver Sunday campaign

Chesterfield MP, Toby Perkins, has given his backing to the Silver Sunday campaign to bring together older people and local businesses in the community. Around 4 million people in England, over the age of 65, say they feel lonely. As an MP, Toby often receive letters and emails from older…

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Toby slams Minister inaction on War Widows’ Pension payment

Chesterfield MP, Toby Perkins, has urged the Government to speed up the payment of compensation to War Widows who were forced to give up their pension. Outdated pension rules forced War Widows to give up their pensions if they remarried or cohabited between 1973 and 2015. Pension rules for the…

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Chesterfield MP backs Labour’s plan to end unfair leasehold sales and fix Britain’s broken housing system

Despite several manifesto commitments promising since 2017 to reform the outdated leasehold system, a system which favours high service charges, high ground rents and a lack of basic rights for people buying leases, the Conservatives have still failed to enact any reforms.   An estimated 4.8 million leasehold homes currently exist…

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MP meets with rare cancer charity to discuss taking action for children, teenagers and young adults diagnosed with sarcoma

This week during Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, Toby Perkins MP met with cancer charity Sarcoma UK to discuss the charity’s work in taking action for children, teenagers and young adults diagnosed with sarcoma.   Every day in the UK, someone aged 0-24 is diagnosed with sarcoma.   Sarcomas…

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Toby Perkins hits out at Tory sewage dumping scandal

Environment Agency data shows Tory sewage scandal sullies Chesterfield with a new sewage dumping event taking place nearly three times a day on average. Labour’s analysis of Environment Agency figures have revealed that, in 2022, raw sewage was discharged into Chesterfield for 3873 hours in the year, the equivalent of…

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Chesterfield MP calls on service personnel and their families to submit their experiences of defence housing as part of Labour’s ‘Homes Fit for Heroes’ campaign

In a shocking admission of failure to our armed servicemen and women, the Conservative Defence Secretary recently admitted that our armed forces had been ‘hollowed out and underfunded’ over the last decade.  This includes recent reports that less than 50% of our armed forces live in satisfactory accommodation, whilst nearly…

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MP backs calls for Chesterfield schools to receive free tennis training

Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins has endorsed the Lawn Tennis Association’s (LTA) Youth Schools programme, encouraging other schools in Chesterfield to join the 26 schools already benefiting from free tennis teacher training and a bag of equipment.  In a bid to get more children active through tennis, Toby is proud to…

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Toby urges Ministers to close loopholes on fox hunting

‘Fox hunting is still happening right now: it must be stopped’; Labour announces plans to strengthen anti- fox hunting legislation  A wave of recent allegations against huntsmen has reinvigorated campaigns to close existing loopholes, prohibit trail hunting and stop illegal fox hunters for good.  In 2021, district Judge Tan Ikram…

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Toby gives his backing to Labour plans to expand the NHS workforce

Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins has thrown his support behind proposals announced by Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting to expand the NHS workforce to tackle waiting lists. New data from the NHS has revealed that nearly 9,000 people in Chesterfield faced a wait of 28 days or more to see a…

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Labour announces plan to bring back neighbourhood policing as Toby Perkins MP calls out cuts of 40% to PCSOs across the East Midlands

Chesterfield MP, Toby Perkins, joined Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper in expressing dismay at the Tory dismal record on law and order. In particular, Labour have attacked the Tories’ failure to keep local communities safe, as new analysis shows huge reductions in staffing for neighbourhood policing across the country.…

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Residents left in limbo over energy payment

Thousands of residents across Derbyshire, including dozens on the Highbury estate in Chesterfield, who use off-grid fuel, like LPG or heating oil, have still not received the financial support promised by the Government. Now Chesterfield MP, Toby Perkins, has taken up the fight to get them what they are entitled to.…

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MP calls for fair fuel prices for Chesterfield

Toby Perkins, MP for Chesterfield, has written to supermarket bosses calling for prices at petrol pumps in Chesterfield to be the same as in other neighbouring areas after constituents noticed that they are paying up to 10p per litre more than their neighbours. Toby said, “People are driving back from…

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‘Action, innovation and awareness’- Campaign to Eliminate cervical cancer endorsed by Toby Perkins MP

A campaign to eradicate a cancer that kills two women in the UK everyday has won the backing of Toby Perkins MP.  Toby is supporting Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, by encouraging women in Chesterfield to attend their cervical screening when invited, and by supporting the efforts of the HPV immunisation…

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Toby joins campaign to shut down the UK fur trade

Dozens of MPs and Peers, including Toby Perkins MP for Chesterfield and Staveley, celebrities and campaigners gathered in Parliament to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the UK becoming the first country to ban fur farming, and to urge the UK Government to ‘finish the job’ by banning fur imports and…

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