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# Local Labour chair says local area is feeling benefits of the national picture
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/local-labour-chair-says-local-area-is-feeling-benefits-of-the-national-picture/
- Published: 2025-12-28T08:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-27T09:51:53.000Z
- Description: The chair of the local Labour branch says his party’s Government is delivering for residents – but insists there’s much more to come.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:45, News

THE chair of the local Labour branch says his party’s Government is delivering for residents – but insists there’s much more to come.

Cllr Russ Bragger said that while local change was restricted by the fact Lichfield District Council is Conservative-controlled, the picture nationally was creating benefits for the area.

He also said the election of a Labour MP for Lichfield had helped get a better deal.

Cllr Bragger said:

> “It’s early days – and the big black hole in the nation’s finances left by the last Government didn’t help one bit, but already the benefits are there and growing.  
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> “Prescription charges have been frozen, waiting lists are coming down, there are 2,500 more GPs and the new Workers Rights Act gives employees more rights from day one and ends the unfairness of zero hours contracts.”

Cllr Bragger added that the road so far had not been entirely smooth – and admitted that some much-needed change would take longer to implement.

> “It’ll take time for people to really feel the improvements that the Labour Government has put in place.  
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> “The health service improvements will take time, and extra trains are some time away – but these are the steps that are starting to make life in our area better.”