Former Mayor, Liberal Democrat, Nick O’Donnell won the Rowbarton and Staplegrove Somerset Council by-election last night by 817 votes to 396 votes for the Conservatives. The Green Party and Labour Party candidates scored 102 and 86 votes respectively.
The MP for Taunton and Wellington, Gideon Amos, has called on the government to implement a rescue plan for local health services.
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.
Local MP Gideon Amos has vowed to step up his fight for the proposed Wellington Station after a second meeting with the Rail Minister, Lord Hendy, yesterday (Monday).
People who use the bus to commute to work in Taunton and Wellington could be hit by the equivalent of a 1p income tax rise due to the government’s decision to raise the bus fare cap from £2 to £3.
Local MP Gideon Amos has vowed to keep fighting for Wellington’s new railway station – despite a ministerial meeting on the project being cancelled.
More than 100 farms in Taunton and Wellington could be hit by the “tractor tax” following the government’s decision to cut inheritance tax relief for farms. Local MP Gideon Amos is this week calling on the government to scrap the tax hike.
