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Derby Conservatives Fight for Morotists on the Speed Cameras

Derby Conservatives Fight for Morotists on the Spe...

The Derby Conservative group leader has stuck his neck out and said that he’ll stand-up for motorists and will look to reduce speed cameras and replace them with more effective and less intrusive speed reduction measures. Of course he’s come into a load of stick from the usual crowd but read here about how he responds to them in the Derby Evening Telegraph. A Conservative Derby will be a better value, more...
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David Cameron’s Video – Why Vote Conservative?

David Cameron’s Video – Why Vote Conse...

If you’re umming and aaahing about whether or not to vote Conservative at the next election, I hope this helps.
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More Damage to Stricken Hippodrome

More Damage to Stricken Hippodrome...

Another fire struck the Hippodrome yesterday – how long can we leave this listed building to rot in the centre of our city? Something has to be done.  Under Conservative proposals it will be easier for communities to form Community Land Trusts so that local people can come together to stop this kind of decay from setting in.   We need to do somethign together but first we need to change this failing government.
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David Cameron Backs Sure Start in Derby and Beyond

David Cameron Backs Sure Start in Derby and Beyond...

Today, the Conservative Party have set out how we will help the poorest families in society.   David Cameron shared a platform with the thoughtful Labour MP Frank Field.  He has explained how we will keep Sure Start, and how we will strengthen it by recruiting 4,200 new Sure Start health visitors to provide universal support to families with children under five and a more effective way of reaching out to the most vulnerable...
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Scholarships for children of deceased military personnel

Scholarships for children of deceased military per...

George Osborne and Liam Fox today announced that a Conservative government will provide university and further education scholarships for the children of servicemen and women killed while on active duty. These scholarships will pay for the full tuition fees and other costs as they study at vocational college or university.  This policy will apply from day one of a Conservative government – and it will also apply...
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Conservatives and the NHS

Conservatives and the NHS...

Cameron launches our draft manifesto for the NHS David Cameron has launched the Conservative Party’s draft health manifesto, and is asking for your questions about it online. Over three years ago Cameron spelled out his priorities in three letters – NHS. Since then, we have consistently fought to protect the values the NHS stands for and have campaigned to defend the NHS from Labour’s cuts and reorganisations. Cameron...
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Conservatives Launch New IT Policy

Conservatives Launch New IT Policy...

It may not get most people excited but the government spends billions of pounds on new IT projects every year.  The good ones make our lives easier and the bad ones make our lives less free, less convienient and cost a fortune.  So it’s not reassuring to read that, “A recent study concluded that 70% of recent IT projects have failed – meaning tens of billions of pounds wasted on systems ranging from the...
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Copenhagen Thoughts

Copenhagen Thoughts...

My thoughts on the result from Copenhagen were published today on the popular centre-right blog Conservative Home. I’ve included a copy below and would be interested in your thoughts. Jack Perschke: Blue Greens can triumph after Red Greens were defeated in Copenhagen Jack Perschke is the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Derby South. He is a former Captain in the army and spent three years as...
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Top Tories Back Derby

Top Tories Back Derby...

The visit last week of Ken Clarke (pictured left hosting a meeting with me), George Osborne and Lord Freud highlighted just how important my party think this City will be as we set about rescuing our country from the mess it has been landed in by Labour incompetence and profligacy.     The article below was published in The Derby Evening Telegraph on Sat 12 Dec. Tories’ Osborne and Clarke hail Derby’s...
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Back from Party Conference

Back from Party Conference...

I’m fresh back from the Conservative party conference in Manchester.  I met incredible people from all walks of life who are using politics to make their communities better. Some are running for office, some are supporting the candidate they believe in, some are campaigning on issues they care about and some were just there to understand more about the views of people who may be charged with running the country.  All...
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