My initial thoughts on hearing the news that Tom would be standing down at the next election was in a sense one of surprise at the announcement. I say surprise because in my view at least following a difficult summer when there was the start of the aftermath of MP’s expenses, which I think Tom […]
No news this week (21/11/09) for either Gamesley’s first team or reserves, as both their matches were postponed. Next week (28/11/09) weather permitting should see Gamesley’s first team at home to Golborne Sports (kick off 2.15pm) with the reserves who will no doubt be wanting to bounce back from the 9 – 0 thrashing a […]
Tom Levitt MP has made the following statement this morning : Tom Levitt last night sent the following statement by email to Labour Party members in the High Peak: “Next year I will have completed 27 years in public life, 13 of which have been as the Member of Parliament for High Peak. On April 21, I […]
Just as a little bit of an update I have had a number of meetings over recent weeks looking into options for improving the future for the community centre. Talks are still ongoing at current but I’m very hopeful that the suggestions on the table will be both work to improve the range of activities […]
Last Thursday I had a trip to Birmingham to become better educated on the likely contents of the Tenant Services Authority’s new governance standard. Now whilst this may sound both like a bit of a dry topic and a mouthful to say, it is in my view at least an important part in ensuring that […]
Don’t forget to retune your Freeview box today when the analogue signal for BBC 2 is turned off as the first stage in the Digital Switchover process. Across the North West around 7.2m TV sets in more than three million homes across the North West are affected. The move means that homes in some areas, […]
Last night (Wednesday) saw this months High Peak Community Housing Board Meeting take place. As opposed to most of our normal meetings the bulk of the business for this meeting was around a number of confidential reports, and whilst I can’t go into detail about them I’m hopeful that the suggested changes will enable the […]
Earlier this month I attended the HPCH Staff Oscar’s ceremony, an event aimed at the company been able to show how much it’s staff are valued by a series of awards made to staff following nominations from within the staff. The awards covers such area as apprentice of the year, team of the year, most […]
I recently attended a focus group consultation event organised by the fire brigade who are consulting on their force development plan. The event, which took place in Glossop’s Bradbury House, was an interesting event with the representatives from the fire service taking time to explain the aims of the document before breaking those attending into […]