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DATA shows what local representatives in Flintshire and Wrexham have cost taxpayers during the most recent financial year on the job. Locally, with the four parliamentary constituencies combined, MPs in North East Wales have totalled a cost of over £300,000 - according to figures from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. The total cost of MPs last year rose by seven per cent to £127.6 million – including £5.58 million on travel and subsistence claims, and at least £718,700 on hotel claims – though 2019-20 does include more MPs as a result of new members following t...

DEESIDE'S Christmas card winner has been chosen after a unique design. The Leader previously reported that Alyn and Deeside representatives launched the annual Christmas card competition, but with a difference. The winning design featured the nativity scene and was drawn by Ellie Colecliffe, age 10 from Saltney Ferry C. P. School. Ellie’s card will be sent to residents in the constituency as well as further afield to the UK Labour leader Keir Starmer and Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford. Jack Sargeant MS said: “Congratulations to Ellie and to every child who entered this y...

DEESIDE'S representatives would like to see a 'regional approach' to restrictions once it is 'safe to do so'. MS Jack Sargeant and MP Mark Tami are urging people to follow the guidance to curb the spread of the virus. The new restrictions will apply to all of Wales. • All non-essential retail, including close contact services and all leisure and fitness centres will close at the end of trading on Christmas Eve. • All hospitality premises will close from 6pm on Christmas Day. • Tighter restrictions on household mixing, staying-at-home, holiday accommodation and travel will ap...

ALYN & Deeside’s MP has joined forces with Chris Matheson, MP for neighbouring City of Chester, to condemn the UK Government as it withdraws a trade dispute with the USA. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss announced that as of January 1, the UK would no longer impose tariffs on American goods, levied as part of a trade dispute over unlawful subsidies to Boeing, whilst acknowledging that this is harmful to Airbus and the UK. The MPs decry “a devastating blow to the UK aerospace industry”, and “a colossal breach of faith with one of the few sectors where the UK currently enjo...

Labour’s fallen 'Red Wall' in Wales - one year on from election By Ione Wells This weekend marks a year since the Conservatives gained six seats from Labour in Wales. The only Welsh brick remaining in Labour's northern "Red Wall" became Wales's most marginal seat. No-one knew the task that lay ahead for the politicians they were voting in. But now they do, how do voters who "lent" their votes to other parties think they've fared? 'Best of a bad bunch' Suni Coombes voted Conservative for the first time last year in Alyn and Deeside, which stayed Labour by just 213 votes.