Council To Spend Thousands on Festival of Derbyshire Whilst Cutting Services
The county council is set to spend £90,000 on a Festival of Derbyshire, starting with a series of events to
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Austerity
Inadequate Funding For School Repairs
Derbyshire is only getting five per cent of the money it needs to make £150 million in repairs to its
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No End To Austerity With Even More Cuts By County Council
The county council is set to make nearly £19 million in cuts this year due to “immense pressure” to support
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Council Tax Rising Again
A pledge to freeze council tax for Derbyshire householders has been abandoned. Derbyshire County Council now says that it is
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Nelson Folk Jam – “Act Now to End UK Hunger!”
Campaigners from Wirksworth, Belper & surrounding areas in Derbyshire are calling on the Government and all parties to act now
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B-Line Cards To Be Scrapped in County Council Cuts
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Even More Cuts Coming For County Council
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Apology for Dangerous Breast Cancer Referral Delays
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County Council Defends Outsourcing to Suffolk
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80% of Breast Cancer Patients Having To Wait Too Long
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URGENT: Food Bank Donations Needed
Belper Food Bank has completely run dry of certain products and needs the help of kind Belper people to help
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NHS Funding Cuts May Reduce Cancer Care and Joint Replacements
Cutbacks in NHS cancer care and hip and knee replacements may be on the way in Derbyshire to tackle a
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Rock For The Homeless at The Queen’s Head Feb 9th
In the 21st century no child should go to school hungry or family be made homeless but applications to food
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Derbyshire Residents To Be Charged £12.4 Million in Council Tax To Fund Police
Today the Home Office published the “Provisional Police Funding Settlement” for 2019-20. This sets out the total amount of money
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Council Bickering Over Blame on Cuts and Benefits
A bitter war of words between councillors has seen Labour accused of taking Derbyshire “back to the 70s” – while
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Opinion: “Happy Seventieth Birthday NHS – But Is It In The Balance?”
Austerity impacts on our lives in many ways. It can threaten our public services, even damage our health but it
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Election Special: How Good Are The Conservatives With the Economy?
This election there are two sound bites that the British public have largely swallowed whole, basing their decisions upon those
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‘We Shall Overcome’ Anti-austerity Benefit Featuring Joe Solo – May 12th
What is austerity for? Is it an economic necessity or an ideological choice? History suggests it is a choice. In
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Public Meeting: Labour’s Alternative to Austerity
On Wednesday 17th February at 7:30pm, Belper and Duffield Labour Party held a public meeting at No.28, Marketplace, Belper. The
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Belper Public Meeting: Labour’s Alternative to Austerity
What is ‘austerity’? Are we really ‘all in it together’?
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