PM congratulates Wrexham on City of Culture 2025 Shortlist Success

Sarah raises Wrexham's shortlisting success for the City of Culture 2025 title in Prime Minister Questions, Wednesday 23rd March 2022. 

Sarah Atherton, MP for Wrexham: "Wrexham is a town based on brewing, mining and football. It is a town evolving in aspiration, prosperity and creativity while retaining its Welsh identity. Will the Prime Minister congratulate Wrexham on being shortlisted for the city of culture, and on being the first Welsh town to be so?"

Prime Minister, Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP: "Not only is Wrexham shortlisted for the city of culture, with all the distinctions my hon. Friend mentions, but it is the city of vaccines. Without the AstraZeneca vaccines bottled in Wrexham, we literally would not be where we are today."

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