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
Get Britain out of neutral: Conservatives launch new billboard 6th December 2019 The Conservative Party launched a new billboard today, Get Britain out of neutral. The poster was launched at sites in London, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham... National News
Revealed: Labour’s plan to let criminals avoid prison 5th December 2019 Labour’s policy to scrap prison sentences of under six months would lead to a surge of offenders on our streets, risking public safety. National News
The first 100 days of a Conservative majority government and the choice before the British people 4th December 2019 Our Conservative plan for getting Brexit done so that we can unleash Britain's potential is in stark contrast to the gridlock, dither, delay and uncertainty of... National News
Exposed: Labour plot with RMT behind rail strike chaos 3rd December 2019 Rail union leaders and the Labour Party have boasted that they are "working together" to "bring down" the government at this month's election through a campaign... National News
Brexit is a once in a generation opportunity to strengthen our border security 1st December 2019 Brexit provides a once in a generation opportunity to strengthen the security of the UK border. National News
Boris Johnson sets out the details of the Khan case 1st December 2019 The terrible Khan case has highlighted a complicated area of law. There have been many inaccuracies reported about this case over the last 24 hours. Here are... National News
