Caitlin Bisknell Listening to High Peak
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Caitlin Bisknell Listening to High Peak Labour’s Parliamentary candidate for High Peak Creating jobs for local people From Buxton to Glossop Labour’s Caitlin Bisknell has led 50 affordable homes for local people on the site, will the way in promoting regeneration projects to bring jobs also bring jobs for local people. and business to High Peak – and launched the borough’s Caitlin has also given a cautious welcome to the £170m own Growth Fund. highways scheme to alleviate Glossop’s traffic problems. “High Peak has a lot of small, micro businesses who receive little help from the Tory-LibDem government and are often ineligible for funding schemes. It has therefore fallen to Labour-led High Peak to step in to offer help and support.” Caitlin added that while local businesses were excited by the new fund, local Tories had attacked Labour’s plans. “There’s been a lot of interest in the Growth Fund – with businesses keen to find out more about how they can use the fund both to help them to expand and to take on apprentices. “Small businesses are the lifeblood of High Peak, they are vital to our economy and to our community – that’s why Labour has pledged to cut business rates for small businesses.” In addition, Caitlin said that following a series of busi- ness events Labour-led High Peak Borough Council had helped to secure £310,000 in grants for 12 local businesses. In Buxton the final phase in the £47m restoration and redevelopment of The Crescent is about to start, thanks to intense lobbying by the Labour Leaders of High Peak Borough and Derbyshire County Councils, Caitlin Bisknell and Anne Western. The project will generate hundreds of local jobs during the construction stage with more to come once the hotel and spa opens. Meanwhile in Glossop moves to demolish the former Council Leader Caitlin Bisknell with Councillor Godfrey Claff Ferro Alloys chimney, clean up the land and build around at the Ferro Alloys site to become 44 affordable homes. Caitlin Bisknell 124 Brown Edge Rd, Buxton, SK17 7AB tel: 01298 71368 email: [email protected] Promoted by Andrew Uprichard, on behalf of High Peak Labour Party, both of 1 Alexandra Road, Buxton, SK17 9NQ Printed by Greatledge of Malaga House, Pink Bank Lane, Longsight, Manchester M12 5GH Labour – building on the past to invest in the future Final pieces of Crescent funding fall into place News that the final pieces of the the future of The Crescent, leading Crescent £47m funding jigsaw have the Council’s bid to secure increased finally fallen into place are a massive funding for the project. Working Labour - giving power boost not just for the scheme, but for with fellow Labour Leader, Cllr Anne Buxton and wider High Peak econo- Western, she persuaded Derbyshire back to communities my, says Labour’s Caitlin Bisknell. County Council to make a loan avail- able to the developers at a commer- “Getting the £23m grant agreed by The Tory Lib Dem government “For example a Derbyshire cial rate, after banks failed to back the Heritage Lottery Fund in Novem- has talked a lot about localism Combined Authority would have the project. ber was a major boost; the £2m and giving powers back to local been able to agree the extra from the D2N2 Local Enterprise The project also won the backing of communities, but has done the Crescent funding much sooner – Partnership is the icing on the cake,” Labour’s Deputy Leader and shadow opposite, says Labour’s Caitlin and building work could already said Caitlin. Secretary of State for Culture Media Bisknell. have started. and Sport, Harriet Harman MP, when “Given that the Crescent lost £5m of She said: “A Labour govern- “While in Glossopdale we she visited The Crescent last year funding when the Tory LibDem gov- ment would give greater control would be in a much stronger po- (see photo, inset). ernment abolished regional develop- and spending powers to local sition to work with neighbouring ment agencies, I think it is only fitting “This is an extremely important mo- well as providing a range of training Caitlin said: “I know many local peo- councils and communities so that authorities in Greater Manches- that the government has finally – after ment for the area and is just the cata- opportunities during the construction ple have fond, personal memories of decisions can be taken by local ter on a solution to the area’s several failed bids - agreed with lyst that High Peak needs to revitalise stage and when the hotel and spa the former hotel and baths – and are people who know and under- traffic problems,” Caitlin added. D2N2 that it will support the project. and rejuvenate our local economy.” are open. anxious to see work start on restoring stand their area. The redevelopment of The Crescent As Leader of High Peak Borough the buildings, and transforming it into will create around 800 jobs, directly Council, Caitlin has been closely hotel and spa.” and indirectly, for local people, as involved in negotiations to secure High Peak Rose Winter/Spring 2015 Labour – working hard in the High Peak all year round Local bus services under threat Faced with Tory Lib Dem Government cuts of £157m up to March 2019, Derbyshire County Council are under pressure to cut subsidies to local bus services. They recently undertook a survey asking local people about the services they use, and how they would be affected if the services were reduced or withdrawn. Your local Labour team, led by Martin Thomas, organised distribution of the questionnaires, making sure that as many Planning Committee to look again people as possible were aware of the survey so as to at Macclesfield Road Application maximise the responses to the council. High Peak Borough Council will re-consider the planning The local bus services most under threat are the 60, 63, application by Gladman Developments for 107 homes 64 and 190. off Macclesfield Road at their next meeting on 16th Feb- Whaley Bridge Labour Town Councillor, Martin Thomas ruary. The proposal was originally approved in August said, “Local bus services are the lifelines of our communities, due to the ‘presumption in favour of development’ in new particularly to outlying areas like Buxworth, Stoneheads and government planning policy. A recent article in the Daily Shallcross, and I will fight to keep them maintained.” Mail about the Whaley Bridge site commented, “A survey on level of usage is the next step, and a full “In a damning indictment of the Government’s relaxed public consultation on any planned changes will be un- planning laws, one successful land agent (Gladmans) is dertaken before they are implemented. We will keep you now so confident it can bulldoze past local objections informed.” that it does not charge farmers an upfront fee for its servic- es.” (Daily Mail, 24 November) Caitlin Bisknell, leader of the Council, recognises the concern in Whaley, “Once the Local Plan is in place we will have more control over local planning decisions. Meanwhile decisions are made without taking full weight or account of our policies.” Your Labour team, L to R: Andy Murray, Zara Clarke, and Martin Thomas (Whaley Bridge and Furness Vale), Ruth George and Phil Forrest (Blackbrook). ! Yes! 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