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CHECK OUT THE GRANT SHAPPS MP YOUTUBE CHANNEL

 

Pubs have long since been at the heart of local communities, but now they're under threat and the government has been making matters why. Grant Shapps investigates why in one of many YouTube videos on his channel here.

 

Grant regularly creates YouTube videos about issues that impact on his Welwyn Hatfield constituency

 

Some of these  videos have won YouTube awards for most watched on the day that they were launched.

 

   

 

 

TELL GRANT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING

Conservative MP, Grant Shapps, invites you to take his 60 second survey by clicking here now.
 

 
 

SEE OUR News Pages to find out more and be sure to check our huge News Archive which stretches back over the many years during which Grant was the prospective MP for Welwyn Hatfield.

 

JOIN YOUR MP AT A SUPPER CLUB
Find out all about events that you can enjoy
in Welwyn Hatfield and beyond here.

Our popular supper club gets booked well in advance (there were 170 people present at last year's Fish and Chip dinner with a waiting list on top), so please book early here.

 

FIGHT THE HOSPITAL CLOSURE PLANS
The government and local health bosses have decided to axe all the major services at the QE2 Hospital in WGC. This represents a massive set back for the area and residents will not forget that a brand new hospital was promised when the seat was held by a Labour MP with a small majority. Read up on the Hospital SOS campaign here

 

COMING UP
Our diary of events is packed full of activities to appeal to the entire Welwyn Hatfield community.

From visits to see Parliament for yourself to supper clubs, local &  national affairs and much more besides.

There's something for all ages and all pockets. Plus you'll always be assured of a very friendly welcome.

Check out the complete diary of events here.

 

JOIN US
Let's face it. You can either sit on the sidelines and watch the world go by... or get involved in your local community.

Come and join us and get plugged into life in Welwyn Hatfield today.

You can even sign up as a member here.

 

Welwyn Hatfield's Really Local MP

Grant Shapps lives in Welwyn Hatfield with his wife, Belinda, their son, Hadley (aged 8) and Tabytha (girl) and Noa (boy) twins (aged 5). Unlike all previous Welwyn Hatfield MPs, he does not have a second home in London.

Grant's an energetic local and national campaigner. You can find his often influential reports & investigations here


 

 

 

 


 

Discuss what's happening in Welwyn Hatfield at the Forum and discover why locals are visiting a staggering 250,000+ pages per month!
 


Want to know what your MP is up to?
  Receive an alert every time Grant speaks in Parliament by clicking here or follow him on Twitter here. Grant is the most "followed" centre-right MP in Parliament.

 

 

 

Come and grill your MP at Shapps Unscripted

MP Grant Shapps is inviting every Welwyn Hatfield resident to come and grill him at open 'town hall' style meetings around the constituency. Book your free ticket here

 
 

 

Pressure on incinerator bidders

MP writes to firms bidding to build an incinerator next to two schools & a library here. 

 
 

 

Clearer signage on the way to Parkhouse Court Hatfield, thanks to work by local MP. Read more on here

 


MP launches new tactic in campaign against incinerator at New Barnfield - a wristbandd. More.

 

 

 

 


Party Conference Speech 09

 

 

 

Shapps describes how a future Conservative government would foster a 'Nation of Homebuilders'. Click above to play.

 


MP welcomes new ASDA doors

Doors at ASDA Hatfield have been replaced following pressure from the local MP. Read full story here.

 

 

 

 


MP Grant Shapps has launched a new website to fight a proposed incinerator in South Hatfield. Sign petition online ;here.
 
  

Grant Shapps has pledged his support for a new Football Club that has inspired hundreds of young people in WGC to sign up. Find out more ;here.
 
 

  

Local MP Grant Shapps takes  urgent steps to raise concerns about new legislation that could mean elderly and lonely people  might not get Xmas Lunch this year. More ;here.
 

 

MP Grant Shapps joined the Welwyn Hatfield Times editor to present a giant cheque to the important Herts Air Ambulance appeal. Read more about the story here.
 

 

MP kicks off support for Football Club appeal

Welwyn Hatfield's MP has kicked off a campaign to raise funds for popular local Club Panshanger FC. Read more about the storyy here.

 


Following up on numerous commuter and resident concerns MP Grant Shapps has met with First Capital Connect MD to make progress on issues of concern. Read here.

 

 

 

 


Local MP brings together right people around a table to find solutions to the Hawkshead Lane parking crisis. You can read about the 5 point plan and the proposed timetable here.
 

 

  


 

OFFER YOUR HELP
Want to get involved with Grant's MP's ACTion Team (MPACT)? 
Click here now.


 

ALWAYS CAMPAIGNING

For six years before being elected as Welwyn Hatfield's new MP, Grant has worked extraordinarily hard to earn your support.  Responsible for spearheading literally hundreds of high profile campaigns, he's developed popular websites to highlight some of the big issues:

 

www.SaveNewBarnfield.com
The campaign to Save New Barnfield.

 

www.savemysurgery.com
Campaign to protect local GP surgeries.

 

www.welhatpostoffices.org
Campaign for local Post Offices.

 

www.48HourGP.com
National website tracks 48 hour GP appts.
 

www.HospitalSOS.com
Considering Judicial Review of decision.

 

www.cond.org.uk
National site. Innocent Children Off DNA Database


www.Quieter-A1M.com
Maps of latest resurfacing work.
 

 


News

Latest News from Official Website of Grant Shapps MP

MP in QE2 talks with Shadow Health Secretary
Welwyn Hatfield MP Grant Shapps kept up his fight for the QE2 Hospital this week at a meeting with Conservative Health Spokesman Andrew Lansley MP. Lansley, who will be in charge of the NHS if the ...


MP urges residents to sign up for OWL
Grant Shapps MP met with Police, the founder of the Online Watch Link (OWL) system and community co-ordinators at Hatfield Police Station where he discussed how OWL is revolutionising Neighbourhood Wa...


MP patron welcomes Home-Start charity to Welwyn Hatfield
Grant Shapps MP was delighted to join representatives of Home-Start at the Howard Centre in Welwyn Garden City to mark the official launch of the charity in Welwyn Hatfield. The MP, who as patron o...


Hatfield locals kick off ‘Grill Your MP’ events
100 local residents took up the chance to grill their MP recently as Grant Shapps launched his first town hall-style ‘Shapps Unscripted’ event. The event – the first of six with e...


Letter to Welwyn Hatfield Times about New Barnfield
Sir, The letter last week from Labour’s spokesman regarding the issue of incinerators was very disappointing. Rather than work towards a shared goal of defeating the incinerator plan for New ...

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