{"id":2100,"date":"2017-12-22T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2017-12-21T12:04:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T12:04:27","slug":"michael-at-royal-opening-in-swanley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2100","title":{"rendered":"Michael at Royal Opening in Swanley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael helped officially open the new Swanley Citizens Advice in Swanley Shopping Centre with HRH The Princess Royal this month.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens Advice is an independent charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice and information for those who need it.\u00a0 Its trained volunteers help with drafting letters, advocacy and preparation for tribunals.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2100 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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CA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2102'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1743-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2102\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1743-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1743-768x514.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1743-1024x686.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1743-1200x804.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1743-e1513857427980.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2102'>\n\t\t\t\tMichael greets HRH\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>As Patron of Citizens Advice since 1990, HRH The Princess Royal greeted volunteers and spoke to Michael about the importance of developing strong working relationships between MPs and Citizens Advice.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2100 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2104'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1856-201x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-2104\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1856-201x300.jpg 201w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1856-768x1147.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1856-686x1024.jpg 686w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1856-1200x1792.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1856-e1513857550899.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 85vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-2104'>\n\t\t\t\tA boy reluctantly hands HRH flowers\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2105'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1866-201x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-2105\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1866-201x300.jpg 201w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1866-768x1147.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1866-686x1024.jpg 686w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1866-1200x1792.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_1866-e1513857559919.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 85vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-2105'>\n\t\t\t\tFood for show at the Royal opening\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Welcoming HRH The Princess Royal\u2019s comments, the local MP said: \u201cCitizens Advice is essential to my work.\u00a0 Its advisers are experts who are trained to deal with very difficult cases, so I am pleased that locally we have such a good relationship and look forward to our continued collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael helped officially open the new Swanley Citizens Advice in Swanley Shopping Centre with HRH The Princess Royal this month. Citizens Advice is an independent charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice and information for those who need it.\u00a0 Its trained volunteers help with drafting letters, advocacy and preparation for tribunals. As Patron of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2100\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Michael at Royal Opening in Swanley&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2101,"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":[730,497,531,732,731,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100"}],"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=2100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2106,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100\/revisions\/2106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}