Sidmouth Hustings pushed back due to conflict with Late Night Shopping event

The General Election Hustings planned for Sidmouth on December 6 has been put back half an hour due to the town's Late Night Shopping event.

The event will now run from 7.30pm to 9pm.

Peter Murphy, chair of the event, said, "We wanted to complement the shopping event in Sidmouth and not compete with it. And so we decided to move the start time from 7pm to 7.30pm, to allow people to take part in both events."

The Vision Group for Sidmouth, which is hosting the hustings, says that the calling of the snap general election left little time for organization and there were limited dates for the use of halls to hold the event.

Friday, December 6, had already been chosen by the Chamber of Commerce for its annual Late Night Shopping - so in order to avoid a clash, the Vision Group has pushed its own event to start a little later.

As Peter commented: "This way, we hope that people will be attracted to the centre of town with a double bill that evening!"

The hustings will be attended by all six parliamentary candidates and will be held at All Saints' Hall, All Saints' Road, near the hospital in Sidmouth.

All are welcome to come along.

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