Brimington North

Contact Details for the Brimington North Focus Team.

A Fair Deal for Council Tenants!

Your local campaigners John Di Iorio, Damian Carlile and Dave Smith and local Council tenants will accompany Paul Holmes MP and Cllr Tony Rogers, Chesterfield Borough Council's Lead Member for Housing to a rally in London. As part of a nationwide lobby day, groups from around the Country are going to put pressure on the Government to try and end the unfair deal for Council tenants. Cllr Rogers will give evidence as part of the Defend Council Housing evidence session. The rally coincides with the Committee stage of the Housing Bill which is currently going through Parliament.

Local campaigners and MP get ready for the Council Housing rally in London

The Labour Government has continuously penalised Local Authorities such as Chesterfield, who chose to retain their housing stock because local people wanted it. Council house waiting lists have trebled since the Government introduced the Right to Buy scheme in 1997 so people end up stuck on a waiting list for years, but local Councils are unable to do anything about it. The Government are taking £4million of Council house rents from Chesterfield Borough Council this year and spending it in other areas of the Country. Next year this figure is set to go up to a massive £5million-all of which should be kept in Chesterfield for our residents.

We don't think this is good enough. We will continue to put pressure on the Government and tell them to end this unfair deal. Let us know what you think and we will represent your views.

Tackling anti-social behaviour

Your local Brimington Focus team have been working hard to deal with anti-social behaviour in the area. John Di Iorio, Damian Carlile and David Smith have been working with local police to tackle the problems caused by youths. Bus stops have been vandalised in the area around Devon Drive and residents have contacted us for help after stones were thrown at houses in the neighbourhood. We are working on ways to keep the local young people busy in the evenings so they have something interesting and constructive to do instead of making trouble.

Brimington Christmas Party success

The Brimington Community Group have held another succesful kids Christmas party for local Brimington children. Paul Holmes MP attended the party on Saturday 15th December and said 'The party was again a great success. The children had a brilliant time, and there were enough mince pies for their parents too. John and the team can always be relied upon to do a good job for the area, they even managed to get Santa there again this year too!'

The Brimington kids Christmas party was a huge success

• 2 Most Recent Stories From Brimington North

  Fri 31st Aug 2007:

  Chesterfield Liberal Democrat FOCUS Team Working for You.

  Your local Chesterfield Liberal Democrat FOCUS team are working throughout the year with Paul Holmes MP for Chesterfield. With regular FOCUS leaflets to local households and news stories and updates on line at www.chesterfieldlibdems.org.uk the Liberal Democrat team will keep in touch: all year round.

  Mon 1st Jan 2007:

  Walking for Health.

  A new walking group has been set up for Brimington and Tapton. The walkers head out every Thursday from the Manor Rest centre opposite the Prince of Wales on Manor Road, Brimington.

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