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The Eat Out to Help Out scheme has launched this week, giving families 50 per cent off their restaurant bills in August.  
There are 2,084 participating independent restaurants, cafes and pubs, and outlets from smaller chains in Wales 

Sarah Atherton has welcomed the announcement that North Wales has been bolstered by an additional 92 officers since the Government launched its major recruitment drive in September 2019.

Sarah Atherton is calling on Wrexham’s small shopkeepers to enter the Best Small Shops Competition, celebrating the successes of small shops and the central role they play in their local community, particularly in response to Covid-19. 
 

Following the announcement that Nightingale House was experiencing cashflow problems Wrexham’s MP and former nurse, Sarah Atherton, has written to the Minister for Civil Society, Baroness Barran, to highlight the fantastic work they do to support the community.

Sarah Atherton has welcomed the formal launch of the new Trade and Agriculture Commission, unveiled by International Trade Secretary Liz Truss at an event in Whitehall today. 

Sarah Atherton has welcomed the announcement that North Wales will receive £1,067,000 in extra funding as part of the Government’s £25 million Safer Streets Fund. This announcement delivers on a key Conservative manifesto commitment.  
 

The Welsh Government will receive a minimum of £1.1 billion in additional funding this year, on top of £2.9 billion confirmed since March to help provide support following the coronavirus pandemic, the UK Government has announced.

Following the outbreak of coronavirus, and seeing the overwhelming response by our communities, volunteers and healthcare professionals, I signed up to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s ‘coronavirus temp register’ to offer my hand of support at this time of national crisis.

The BBC have announced that they will go ahead with their decision to scrap free TV licences for the over-75s, meaning millions of pensioners will start paying the £157.50 fee from August.

Today the UK Government has announced that almost 900,000 public sector workers, including Police officers and Armed Forces personnel, will see above inflation pay rises, for the third year in a row.

Following today’s announcement Wrexham’s MP, Sarah Atherton, said: