Somerset bus volunteers praised in Parliament
A £6.8 million boost for bus funding in Somerset has been welcomed by Gideon Amos, MP for Taunton and Wellington.
The Government has doubled the housebuilding target for Stockport, weakened the protections on a third of our precious green belt, and is forcing the Council through Ministerial Directives and threats to adopt a Local Plan which will let developers target green belt first.
We oppose this government’s ‘developers charter’ and need your voice. Do you agree with us that the green spaces that make our area special need to be preserved, and new housing should first be built on brownfield sites, after the infrastructure is provided with schools, improved transport, and GP places guaranteed? Help us send a message to Government and make Labour listen to local people.
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A £6.8 million boost for bus funding in Somerset has been welcomed by Gideon Amos, MP for Taunton and Wellington.
Gideon Amos, MP for Taunton and Wellington, met farmers from his constituency in London today (Tuesday) as they joined protests over the government’s inheritance tax plans.
Nearly 13,000 patients have faced waits of 12 hours or more for A&E in Somerset, shocking new figures have revealed.
At last night’s Council Assembly (20 November), Southwark Labour unanimously rejected a motion that would have called on the...
Proposed police reforms must deliver concrete benefits for communities, putting more visible neighbourhood policing on the streets of our towns and villages, says local MP Lisa Smart.
Responding to Carers UK research putting the economic value of care provided by unpaid carers at £184 billion a year, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said: