http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Paul Holmes MP and Chesterfield Liberal Democrats en-GB Paul Holmes MP and Chesterfield Liberal Democrats http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Paul Holmes MP and Chesterfield Liberal Democrats 2010-03-11T11:20+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000312/holmes_attacks_labour_over_shortchanging_of_derbyshire_pupils.html The Labour Government has short-changed Derbyshire schoolchildren by more and more each year since 1997, according to figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrat MP, Paul Holmes. Ten years ago, the average pupil in Derbyshire received £230 less than the England average. Now, pupils in the county receive almost £400 less per year. 2010-03-09T12:58+00:00 http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000311/paul_holmes_supports_major_rspb_campaign.html Chesterfield MP, Paul Holmes has joined a campaign to protect our natural world by signing the Letter to the Future, a major new campaign run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). 2010-03-08T17:04+00:00 http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000310/national_autistic_society_thank_paul_holmes_mp_for_his_help_and_support.html Paul Holmes MP for Chesterfield, has helped to bring about changes which could transform local support for the thousands of people with autism who feel isolated, ignored and often at breaking point. Along with the National Autistic Society (NAS), Paul Holmes has been calling for dramatic improvements in health, social care and other public services for people with autism through backing the adult autism strategy published on the 3rd March. 2010-03-03T14:44+00:00 http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000309/success_at_last_its_official.html This morning a Parliamentary Committee finally agreed to pay Chesterfield Borough Council the £1.84 million shortfall on the Government's Concessionary Bus Fares scheme for 2010-2011. 2010-03-02T13:14+00:00 http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000308/lib_dem_tax_plans_would_end_income_tax_for_one_in_five_chesterfield_workers.html Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes has welcomed official figures, uncovered by the Liberal Democrats, which show that around one in five workers in Chesterfield would no longer have to pay a penny of income tax under Liberal Democrat tax plans. Paul said, "Gordon Browns abolition of the 10p tax rate hit the poorest the hardest, Vince Cables tax plans would reverse this." 2010-02-25T09:08+00:00 http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000307/success.html On Tuesday 2nd March. a Parliamentary Committee is due to finally agree to the Government's recommendation to pay Chesterfield Borough Council the £1.84 million shortfall on the Government's Concessionary Bus Fares scheme for 2010-2011. 2010-02-22T11:01+00:00 http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000306/holmes_attacks_the_government_over_chronic_underfunding_of_derbyshire_police.html Leading in the Commons for the Liberal Democrats during the annual police funding debate, Paul Holmes, MP for Chesterfield and Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson challenged the Minister over the continual under funding of Derbyshire Police. 2010-02-05T11:37+00:00 http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000305/paul_holmes_mp_calls_on_constituents_to_drop_in_and_drop_them_in_it.html Paul Holmes, MP for Chesterfield is supporting a nationwide 'Scamnesty' campaign by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and local authority Trading Standards Services, which aims to help end the scourge of mass marketed scams mailings in the UK. The campaign is coming to Chesterfield this February. 2010-02-03T15:54+00:00 http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000304/paul_holmes_mp_commits_to_safeguard_the_legacy_of_holocaust_survivors.html Paul Holmes MP commits to safeguard the legacy of Holocaust Survivors 2010-01-27T00:00+00:00 http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000303/paul_holmes_mp_warns_of_deadly_carbon_monoxide_risk.html Paul Holmes MP has urged Chesterfield residents to protect themselves against the deadly threat of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. 2010-01-22T11:00+00:00 http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000302/housing_crisis_continues_in_derbyshire.html A New Year Parliamentary Question by Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes has forced the Government to reveal the depths of the affordable housing crisis in Derbyshire. 2010-01-13T09:09+00:00 http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000301/paul_holmes_mp_tackles_the_labour_governments_warm_words_on_climate_change.html Commenting on the start of the Copenhagen Climate Summit today Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes criticised the Labour Government's 'warm words' on the need to tackle climate change. Paul said: 2009-12-07T10:00+00:00 http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000300/holmes_attacks_government_on_lifethreatening_cuts_to_warm_front_budget.html Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield today wrote to the Chancellor, Alistair Darling to express his urgent concern about the proposed cuts to the Warm Front Scheme budget for 2010. 2009-12-03T15:12+00:00 http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000299/holmes_calls_on_derbyshire_county_council_to_reject_dunston_incinerator.html Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes has written to Derbyshire County Council calling again for the controversial Dunston Incinerator to be rejected. 2009-11-24T16:40+00:00 http://www.paulholmes.org.uk/news/000298/holmes_challenges_minister_on_cinderella_status_given_to_mental_illness_in_the_nhs.html During Tuesday's Health questions in Parliament, Paul asked the Minister: 2009-11-24T15:43+00:00