{"id":1460,"date":"2016-12-22T08:53:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T08:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2016-12-19T13:58:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T13:58:12","slug":"christmas-and-new-year-message-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1460","title":{"rendered":"Christmas and New Year Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1312\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1312\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1312\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1312\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Chamber-Reception_14-7-16_082.jpg\" alt=\"Chamber Reception_14-7-16_082\" width=\"269\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Chamber-Reception_14-7-16_082.jpg 4000w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Chamber-Reception_14-7-16_082-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Chamber-Reception_14-7-16_082-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Chamber-Reception_14-7-16_082-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Chamber-Reception_14-7-16_082-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 85vw, 269px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael speaking at the Sevenoaks Chamber of Commerce Summer Reception.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a sometimes unsettled year nationally, Sevenoaks, Swanley, Westerham and our villages have continued to go from strength to strength.\u00a0 Unemployment remains at record low levels.\u00a0 Our new grammar annexe is being constructed and will open next year.\u00a0 Our local economy is vibrant and prosperous.<\/p>\n<p>Building on this progress will require more work in the New Year.\u00a0 Bringing fast broadband to all parts of the constituency is still a top priority.\u00a0 We must also continue to work hard to protect our much-loved Green Belt from inappropriate development.\u00a0 Most importantly, though, the spring will see consultation on the new rail franchise and I will use this opportunity to push for the extension of the Oyster network to Sevenoaks.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of a successful year for Sevenoaks and Swanley, I would like to wish all of my constituents a very happy Christmas and New Year.\u00a0 I am always proud to represent this constituency and I look forward to being as active as ever throughout the area in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sir Michael Fallon MP<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a sometimes unsettled year nationally, Sevenoaks, Swanley, Westerham and our villages have continued to go from strength to strength.\u00a0 Unemployment remains at record low levels.\u00a0 Our new grammar annexe is being constructed and will open next year.\u00a0 Our local economy is vibrant and prosperous. Building on this progress will require more work in the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1460\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Christmas and New Year Message&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[8,450,10,46,90,11,12,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1460"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1462,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions\/1462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}