Holmewood and Heath By-election
There was unfortunate news this month (April 2008), in the Holmewood and Heath by-election for the District Council seat. The Labour candidate Lee Stone lost the election by 26 vote to the Liberal candidate Jan Robinson. |
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Sheffield City Council Elections
Although there are no election in North East Derbyshire on May 1st 2008, there will be elections in Sheffield and Rotherham. If anyone has time spare to help out canvassing both on the door and by telephone, or leafleting they will be pleased to hear from you.
The contact details for the Sheffield Party are:
Sheffield Labour Party, Trades & Labour Club, Talbot Street, Sheffield S2 2TG
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National News on The Minimum Wage
Nearly one million low paid employees, two thirds of them women, will benefit from a raise in the National Minimum Wage.
Labour’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that the adult National Minimum Wage will rise from £5.52 to £5.73.
The rate for 18-21 year olds will also increase from £4.60 to £4.77, while the 16-17 year old rate will rise from £3.40 to £3.53.
Gordon Brown said: "Some people said the minimum wage would cost us two million jobs. We have a rising minimum wage and we have created three million jobs.'' |
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District Council Election Results
Seats won by each party compared to the last election in 2003
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2007 |
2003 |
Change |
Labour |
29 |
36 |
-7 |
Conservatives |
10 |
8 |
2 |
Liberals |
7 |
3 |
4 |
Others |
7 |
6 |
1 |
| Total Seats |
53 |
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Recycling News
Thousands more residents in North East Derbyshire are about to join the Council's twin bin scheme to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.
During February a further 10,000 households will take delivery of a green bin to be used for the collection of garden waste and cardboard. The latest deliveries will mean 40,000 out of a total of 42,000 properties in the District will receive a green bin collection.
Households receiving the new bins include those in Killamarsh, Renishaw and part of Eckington. |
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Technology News
Council tenants in North East Derbyshire are being encouraged to telephone text their views on everything from fly-tipping to graffiti as part of a campaign to involve more people in the way housing services are run.
The Council is very keen to get as many tenants as possible having their say about the way estates are managed and coming up with ideas they would like to see put in place.
It is also concerned to hear the views of young people about issues they consider are important to our local communities.
As part of the campaign the Council's Tenant Participation Team is offering tenants a number of different ways to make their views known, including setting up an SMS text-service. Tenants need to text the prefix TALK2US followed by their message and then send it to 07800 002425. |
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