Conservatives respond to Lib Dem Financial Crisis Saturday, 18 November, 2023 Conservative Group Leader David Fothergill, responds to the financial emergency at Lib Dem Somerset Council. "As Conservatives, we believe that taxpayers are the best judges of how their money should be spent. This means only collecting taxes that are essential to delivering public services and not a penny more. Between 2009 and 2022 (when Conservatives ran the County Council) we gratefully... Local News
Lib Dem Turmoil leads to By-Election 8th March 2021 A By-Election in Somerset West & Taunton Council has been triggered following the resignation of a Liberal Democrat Councillor on 26 February 2021. Cllr Martin... Local News
Councillor joins SW&T Conservative Group 5th March 2021 Taunton Deane Conservatives are delighted to welcome Marcus Barr back to the party. Marcus represents the Rockwell Green ward and has joined the Conservative... Local News
Now is the time for One Somerset 23rd February 2021 Somerset County Council is calling on residents and businesses to get behind its ambitious plans for a new model of local government which offers improved... Local News
David Fothergill: Centralisation of social care would be a costly mistake 16th February 2021 Cllr David Fothergill is the Leader of Somerset County Council and the Health and Social Care spokesman for the County Councils Network. We’ve heard the phrase... Local News
Column | Rebecca Pow MP - 19th Jan 19th January 2021 On the Covid front it seems that as a result of entering Tier 4 here in Somerset at the end of last year and the subsequent national lockdown, cases across the... Local News
Council Leader to sell off park breaking election promise! 7th December 2020 Decision Day. After months of dithering and delay, and breaking one of their election promises, Cllr Federica Smith-Roberts, The Liberal Democrat Leader of... Local News
Rebecca Pow MP welcomes £5.9million Government funding to level up Taunton Deane 4th August 2020 Government has announced more than 300 ‘shovel-ready’ projects in England to share £900 million investment to build homes and infrastructure and create jobs... Local News
Home for Rough Sleepers 24th July 2020 Early on in the action to control Coronavirus, Government made it a priority and provided emergency funding to ensure all rough sleepers had a place to go... Local News
Application to reopen Wellington’s Railway Station has been approved 23rd May 2020 The application to reopen Wellington’s Railway Station has been approved and is on track to progress to the next stage, Rail Minister, Chris Heaton Harris MP... Local News
Kemi’’s First Speech of 2025: Rebuilding Trust 20th January 2025 Kemi Badenoch gave a speech on how she’ll rebuild trust in the Conservative Party National News
Forcing a vote on a national inquiry into grooming gangs 9th January 2025 We Conservatives strongly believe victims of this appalling abuse deserve justice. Find out more here National News
Keir Starmer caved to the mob by cancelling arms licences to Israel 20th December 2024 Labour gave in to the mob and threw UK interests under the bus by cancelling arms licences to Israel. National News
Kemi’s Conference Speech 20th December 2024 Read my speech: For too long politicians have told the public what they wanted to hear and then done their own thing. Well, I say enough. National News
I am Labour's worst nightmare 20th December 2024 Members want somebody who has conviction. They want someone who tells the truth and who champions and fights for conservative values. National News
Why appease identity politics zealots? 20th December 2024 Why should my mixed-race children have to pick a side – just to satisfy the identity politics zealots tearing our society asunder? National News