Political heavyweights call in
Monday 12th April 2010, 2:51PM BST.
Alistair Tandy with Shrewsbury Labour candidate Jon Tandy
Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling was in Telford today to visit the giant Schneider Electric plant on Stafford Park.
Mr Darling stopped off in the town after spending the morning in Birmingham for the launch of the Labour Party manifesto.
He also visited Shrewsbury.
Mr Darling was scheduled to go on to Stafford for the end of a whistle-stop tour of the Midlands.
Meanwhile, Conservative Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague was in Mid Wales to visit business leaders.
Mr Hague was at the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site, near Llangollen, to meet people involved in promoting the UK’s newest World Heritage Site.
He then went on to the Coed-y-Dinas Garden, Home & Country Centre in Welshpool for a round table meeting with local business leaders.
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