Chesterfield Library ‘sparks’ children’s interest in the ‘Summer Reading Challenge’

Chesterfield Library’s ‘Summer Reading Challenge’ is already a hit with local children and the town’s MP is urging more kids to take up the challenge.Toby Perkins, MP for Chesterfield, visited the library’s ‘Electro-Dough activity’ this week where children were creating shapes and sculptures with flashing lights and buzzers using conductive…

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Toby encourages residents to get involved in UK Parliament Week

Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins is inviting everyone in his constituency to get involved in UK Parliament Week 2022, an annual event spreading the word about what Parliament is, what it does and how people can have their voices heard. UK Parliament Week (UKPW) is taking place from 14-20 November and…

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Listening to Chesterfield

This summer I will once again be speaking to local people in every ward in the constituency. As Chesterfield’s MP it is important that I know what local people think, so please take the time to speak to me and my team or complete the survey if it comes through…

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Toby provides an update on Big Plastic Count campaign

Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins gave his support to the Big Plastic Count campaign in June, which aimed to provide an unparalleled insight into the scale of the country’s plastic crisis. One in every 262 UK households counted their plastic packaging waste for one week. The Big Plastic Count campaign saw…

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Chesterfield MP calls for government action as figures show record waiting times for NHS patients

29 Jul 2022

Recent figures from the NHS show that 94,684 people are currently waiting for NHS treatment across Derbyshire, with a record 6.6 million people on the NHS waiting list in England. Locally, almost 1,500 people have been waiting for more than a year, under three separate Conservative Health Secretaries. There were…

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Toby backs Labour’s pledge to bring back neighbourhood policing and fast-track rape cases as crime figures show Tory failure

28 Jul 2022

New government statistics have shown that the total number of criminals being charged a year has fallen to just 346,000 – down from almost 650,000 in 2010 (a fall of 47%), and over 400,000 before the pandemic. The proportion of offences being charged within a year has fallen to a…

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Toby highlights plight of veterans forced veterans to rely on universal credit during cost of living crisis

Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins has argued that Ministers are forcing veterans to rely on universal credit during the cost of living crisis. His call came as government figures revealed that up to 70,000 veterans across the UK could now be claiming Universal Credit. Last month Ministers admitted for the first…

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Toby Perkins MP Urges Chesterfield Royal Hospital to Take Part in Group Strep B Trial

The MP for Chesterfield and Staveley, Toby Perkins, has joined calls for hospitals to take part in pioneering trials to protect newborn babies from the bacteria Group Strep B. Group B Strep (GBS) is the most common cause of life-threatening infection in newborn babies in the UK, causing sepsis, meningitis,…

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Toby highlights #EndTheWait campaign to improve mental health support

Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins has given his support to the #EndTheWait campaign which aims to work for ambitious change to young people’s mental health support. The #EndTheWait campaign has set out that there is an unprecedented crisis in young people’s mental health. This has been worsened by the pandemic, with…

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Toby calls on residents to back local parks in UK wide-vote

20 Jul 2022

Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins is urging local residents to back their favourite local parks as the UK’s Favourite Park in a nationwide public vote organised by green space charity, Fields in Trust. Both Eastwood Park and Monkey Park in Chesterfield have been nominated. Toby said “It’s wonderful that two of…

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Shadow Skills Minister, Toby Perkins, meets local hospitality apprentices at HIT Training’s Chesterfield Chef Academy

20 Jul 2022

Toby Perkins, MP for Chesterfield and Shadow Minister for FE and Skills, has visited HIT Training to meet learners and staff at their Chesterfield Chef Academy. In a meeting facilitated by the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), Mr Perkins heard from hospitality apprentices who discussed their experiences with…

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Toby urges government to rethink axing BTEC funding

Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins has called on the government to reverse its plan to scrap the majority of BTEC qualification during a debate in Parliament. During a Westminster Hall Debate, Toby responded for the official Opposition, in his role as Shadow Further Education and Skills Minister. The debate was triggered…

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Toby Perkins shows his support for people living with arthritis

At a reception held by Versus Arthritis, Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins found out more about their work and recent campaigns to support those affected by arthritis. The Versus Arthritis team were keen to discuss the increased waiting times for people requiring joint replacement surgery. They told Toby that joint replacement…

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Toby Perkins MP Celebrates 20 Years of PCSOs in the UK

13 Jul 2022

The MP for Chesterfield and Staveley, Toby Perkins, has joined with PCSOs across the country to celebrate the great work they do in the community. Police Community Support Officers were created in 2002 through the Police Reform Act and have sought to work in an important role of community policing…

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Toby Perkins MP Joins Campaign to get Children in Chesterfield reading this Summer

The MP for Chesterfield and Staveley, Toby Perkins, is supporting The Reading Agency’s annual ‘Summer Reading Challenge’ to get young people reading in the holiday. The challenge, that has been going for over 20 years, gives an opportunity to children aged 4 to 11 to enjoy the benefits of reading…

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Government urged to work with pubs and hospitality sector to unlock the potential of the industry

Chesterfield MP, Toby Perkins, has outlined his views at the launch of a Greene King report which urges the government to work across the sector to drive up employment and support local communities. The Greene King report calls upon the government to support the hospitality industry to promote the sector…

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Labour pledges to fix ‘broken system’ of careers guidance

In a speech to the Association of Employers and Learning Providers National Conference, Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins has committed an incoming Labour government to revamp careers guidance in schools. Toby outlined that Labour will make sure that all secondary school pupils receive face-to-face professional careers advice during their schooling alongside…

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Bin strikes averted as union secures pay deal for workers

22 Jun 2022

The potential Chesterfield bin strike has been by workers at Veolia Environmental Services has been averted after staff voted to accept a 7.5% pay rise. Toby Perkins, MP for Chesterfield, who had met with representatives from GMB and the senior management at Veolia last week to discuss the dispute, has welcomed the agreement.…

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Toby Perkins Supports Breast Cancer Now’s #NoTimeToWait Campaign

A disastrous collapse in the number of cancer patients being seen within two weeks will cost lives says Chesterfield’s Labour MP Toby Perkins. The MP for Chesterfield has joined the cancer charity, Breast Cancer Now’s, campaign on waiting times for treatment. New data from the charity show that the number…

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Chesterfield MP supports moves to end caged farming

Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins has called upon Ministers to introduce tough animal welfare legislation Several local residents have contacted Toby as they believe that caged systems are cruel and unnecessary. They state that every year, 16 million animals are confined in cages across the UK, despite a wealth of robust…

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Toby urges government to review the Dangerous Dogs Act

Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins has called for reforms to be made to the breed specific part of the Dangerous Dogs Act. The legislation first passed in 1991 has seen fervent criticism in recent years with many groups calling for reform. The main area of concern is around the arbitrary list…

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