{"id":107709,"date":"2019-06-02T22:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/peterborough-prepares-for-byelection-that-could-see-first-brexit-party-mp\/"},"modified":"2019-06-02T22:04:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T15:04:46","slug":"peterborough-prepares-for-byelection-that-could-see-first-brexit-party-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/peterborough-prepares-for-byelection-that-could-see-first-brexit-party-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Peterborough prepares for byelection that could see first Brexit party MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nA decade ago it was the UK\u2019s fastest growing city, but hit by cuts and buy-to-let, support for Nigel Farage\u2019s party is highOn Thursday, voters in Peterborough will take part in one of the most intriguing parliamentary byelections in recent memory. The constituency saw a knife-edge duel between Labour and the Conservatives at the 2017 general election and at last month\u2019s European poll, 38% of voters in the city backed the Brexit party. A first seat in the House of Commons for Nigel Farage\u2019s party is a distinct possibility. If that happens, it will send tremors through middle England, of which Peterborough is typical in many ways, not just geographically.Economically, Peterborough performs averagely amid struggles with productivity. Wages are stagnant and it has been reshaped by migration, with foreigners arriving to work in the surrounding farmlands and distribution depots, contributing to a decade as the UK\u2019s fastest growing city between 2001 and 2011. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2019\/jun\/02\/peterborough-prepares-for-byelection-that-could-see-first-brexit-party-mp\" target=\"_blank\">Peterborough prepares for byelection that could see first Brexit party MP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; A decade ago it was the UK\u2019s fastest growing city, but hit by cuts and&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-s1f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107802,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/brexit-partys-mp-candidate-under-fire-for-freehold-profiteering\/","url_meta":{"origin":107709,"position":0},"title":"Brexit party\u2019s MP candidate under fire for freehold profiteering","date":"June 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Peterborough byelection hopeful had role in firm that exploited \u2018feudal\u2019 systemThe Brexit party\u2019s candidate in the Peterborough byelection has been criticised for profiteering from buying and selling freeholds of hundreds of new homes.Mike Greene, expected to become the fledgling party\u2019s first MP on Thursday, was for two years an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51352,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tesco-booker-deal-will-face-store-sell-off-following-the-peterborough-test\/","url_meta":{"origin":107709,"position":1},"title":"Tesco-Booker deal will face store sell-off following the Peterborough test","date":"April 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Tesco-Booker deal will face store sell-off following the Peterborough test","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":40808,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/virgin-season-ticket-means-i-can-reserve-a-seat-so-why-am-i-forced-to-stand\/","url_meta":{"origin":107709,"position":2},"title":"Virgin season ticket means I can reserve a seat, so why am I forced to stand?","date":"January 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I pay almost \u00a38,000 a year and don\u2019t understand how a train operator can be so incompetentI hold an annual rail season ticket from Spalding to London (via Peterborough) with Virgin Trains East Coast. 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