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News from High Peak

Levitt calls for Council rethink on Easton House (2 July 2009)
Appalled that Glossop may be about to lose a significant improvement in local health care, Tom Levitt MP has asked High Peak Borough Council to reconsider its insistence on one...

High Peak MP tells local authorities to heed statutary deafblind guidance (2 July 2009)
High Peak MP tells local authorities to heed statutary deafblind guidance (2 July 2009)High Peak MP Tom Levitt hosted a Parliamentary reception on 30 June held by Sense, the national deafblind charity to mark the reissue of the Deafblind Guidance by the Government....

MPs and Second Jobs (1 July 2009)
A statement by Tom Levitt MP: Today (1 July 2009) is the deadline for MPs to declare their income from all sources and how much time they spend earning money...

Heritage Crafts Association Welcome Peak MP's Support (30 June 2009)
The Culture Minister, Barbara Follet has lent her support to work safeguarding and encouraging the transmission to new generations of traditional crafts skills in this country. Speaking at an adjournment...

Tom Levitt MP supports campaign to improve disabled children’s health services (30 June 2009)
Tom Levitt MP supports campaign to improve disabled children’s health services (30 June 2009)High Peak MP Tom Levitt has shown his support for improving disabled children’s health services by attending a Parliamentary reception organised by the campaigning organisation Every Disabled Child Matters. EDCM’s...

Levitt Welcomes Extra Legal Help for Struggling Homeowners (22 June 2009)
Tom Levitt MP has welcomed the news that High Peak is amongst the areas that will benefit immediately from new Government services to reduce home repossessions. Housing Minister John Healey...

Levitt warns voluntary sector - ten per cent Tory cuts will threaten funding (21 June 2009)
Speaking at a Question Time debate at the v-inspired 'Generation Digital' conference in Birmingham, High Peak MP Tom Levitt has warned the voluntary sector of funding cuts which would follow...

MP backs teachers’ campaign (22 June 2009)
Local MP Tom Levitt has told High Peak teachers that they are right to raise concerns about the SATs tests which children take towards the end of their primary school...

Contribution to: "Festival and Fringe Supplement" (31 May 2009)
Contribution to: "Festival and Fringe Supplement" (31 May 2009)High Peak's MP Tom Levitt will be putting politics to one side when he steps up to the microphone three times during the Buxton Festival Fringe to indulge his passion...

MP to take up case of disappearing sieve maker (30 May 2009)
MP to take up case of disappearing sieve maker (30 May 2009)High Peak MP Tom Levitt has pledged his support for a local craftsman to help prevent his skills being lost forever. Mike Turnock, from Whaley Bridge, is the last practising...

Smart Meters help save money on fuel bills (26 May 2009)
Tom Levitt MP says thousands of people in High Peak will benefit from the roll-out of smart meters that took a step closer last week. The government has set out...

Local MP calls for greater recognition for the UK’s six million carers (23 May 2009)
Local MP Tom Levitt has teamed up with TV and radio presenter Jonathan Dimbleby to support this year’s Carers Week (8-14 June). They will be celebrating the contribution made by...

MP launches bill to give legal powers to the Commission for the Compact (19 May 2009)
Tom Levitt MP, chair of the influential All Party Parliamentary Group on the Community and Voluntary Sector today presented a 10 minute rule bill to give legal powers to the...

Bill launched to reverse damaging changes to water charges (13 May 2009)
“Stop being part of the problem – start being part of the solution.” That was the message a dozen Labour MPs sent to United Utilities, which provides water services to...

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Tom's Weekly Column

Communications Allowance (29 June 2009)
As Parliament moves to legislate on MPs’ expenses and behaviour, putting us in a category all of our own, let me say a word about the Communications Allowance (CA) which...

An Active MP (22 June 2009)
The ongoing saga of expenses continues to divert MPs’ attention away from our first duty, which is to serve our constituents. I have never forgotten this, in the month that...

Choosing a Speaker (15 June 2009)
Parliament is again the centre of attention as we consider who our next Speaker will be. I have decided which will not be getting my vote but I have not...

Humility (8 June 2009)
This is a time for humility: last week’s election results were disastrous for Labour. The expenses scandal, coming when so many people are suffering the uncertainty or reality of recession,...

Restoring Trust in Politics (1 June 2009)
Democracy, whilst imperfect, is too important for us to allow it to be fatally damaged by current concerns over MPs, their expenses and the trust the public have in them....

Parliament Looking Forward (25 May 2009)
My record on Parliamentary expenses is now on my web site and has been scrutinized by a major national newspaper. I have replied to dozens of correspondents about the matter...

Statement on MPs’ Expenses (18 May 2009)
I wanted to celebrate ten years of the minimum wage this week but events have clearly overtaken me. The MP expenses row raises three questions: are the rules adequate? Were...

On Bills – and bills (11 May 2009)
Next week I will be presenting a Private Members’ Bill to Parliament. This is something I have not done before, having never been lucky in the annual ballot for Private...

Gurkhas, Iraq – and Expenses (4 May 2009)
“May you live in interesting times” is an old Chinese curse. After last week, I know why! The Commons rejected the Government’s response to the High Court on the rules...

The Budget Aftermath (27 April 2009)
Those who write off the Chancellor’s budget are determined to talk our economy down. Of course economists disagree with each other: like lawyers, that’s their job. But the CBI backed...

Tackling Burglary (20 April 2009)
Crime is amongst people’s greatest fears even though figures show it is clearly falling. High Peak is a low crime area. You are now less likely to be a victim...

The e-media age (13 April 2009)
An online friend said to me the other day that Facebook should focus on what you talk about with your mates down at the pub, not on politics. Sad as...

On finance and football (6 April 2009)
What had last week’s G20 summit got to do with us? It’s a fair question. As world leaders and celebrities mingled and protestors vented their spleens at the bankers, what...

Celebrations are in order (30 March 2009)
Whilst world leaders address the world’s economic problems in London this week, there are causes for celebration not too far away. This week marks the tenth anniversary of the National...

The 21st Century Welfare State (23 March 2009)
The welfare state is a proud British invention. In the past, it provided a safety net to help the poorest and least fortunate avoid destitution. In the 21st century role...

Supporting the British Pub (16 March 2009)
Supporting the British Pub (16 March 2009)My office has been inundated with campaign cards and emails from people who say that pubs are having a hard time – and so they are. There are many...

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