News

My congratulations go to Rotherham official Howard Webb on refereeing last Sunday’s World Cup Final.

There are two festivals taking place this weekend in our area, the Chesterfield Canal Festival at Worksop Rugby Club and the Brass Band Festival at Kiveton Community Woodland on Sunday.

This week in Parliament MPs debated the Coalition Government’s proposals to cut £125 million of core police funding.

It has been disappointing to hear about the Government’s plans to cut £5 million from the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders Scheme, designed to protect South Yorkshire’s fragile housing market and communities.

Good luck to the Virgin Racing team at the British Grand Prix this weekend.

This Sunday I am pleased to be attending Maltby Town Council’s Civic Service, an event which celebrates the great work that so many people carry out in our community.

In the past few weeks the Coalition Government has announced it will sweep away key regulations introduced by the previous Government to protect private tenants.

Earlier this week I attended a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dentistry in Parliament and lent my support to the group as it aims to increase awareness of oral health issues.

Yesterday the Education Secretary Michael Gove announced the Government’s intentions to scrap the planned school rebuilding scheme for a number of schools in our area.

The Government has decided not to intervene in the planning application for the Waverley development.