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Public Meeting 'Why So Many Houses?' 17 July 2026, from left; Mike Rigby, Stephen Lodge, Gideon Amos, Phil Stone, Selina White, Federica Smith-Roberts

Challenging top-down housing targets

A packed public meeting in Taunton saw Gideon Amos MP challenge new government housing targets imposing 75,000 homes on Somerset. He called for an end to top-down developer reforms in favour of truly affordable, community-led housing

21 Jul 2026
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Taunton and Wellington MP Gideon Amos at the River Tone

Overhaul water industry to save the River Tone

MP Gideon Amos challenges PM Andy Burnham to end the sewage crisis after data revealed Wessex Water polluted local rivers for 4,160 hours last year. Lib Dems are calling for water firms to become customer-owned mutuals

20 Jul 2026
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Gideon's MP Column July 2026

Gideon Amos MP Column July 2026

In his latest MP Column, Taunton and Wellington MP, Gideon Amos, celebrates a record-breaking Somerset Armed Forces Day, fights for local veterans' NHS services and stands proud for community unity in Taunton

16 Jul 2026
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Taunton and Wellington MP, Gideon Amos, visits Musgrove Park Hospital

In praise of life-saving cancer service

Gideon Amos is urging residents to use Somerset's award-winning cancer self-referral service after visiting Musgrove Park Hospital. The life-saving scheme bypasses GPs to speed up diagnoses for breast, lung, bowel and womb cancers

1 Jul 2026
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Gideon Amos MP for Taunton and Wellington

Support our veterans

Your MP, Gideon Amos, is backing Help for Heroes’ People’s Promise to fix the broken systems letting down armed forces veterans, while launching a battle to protect vital NHS veteran outreach workers across Somerset from health service cuts

30 Jun 2026
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Gideon Amos MP for Taunton and Wellington speaking in Commons carbon budget debate

Gideon calls for ban on fracking

Gideon Amos makes an impassioned plea in Parliament to ban fracking, warning that Conservative and Reform policies threaten the Somerset countryside, including areas near Taunton and Wellington, with earth tremors and pollution risks to the River Tone

29 Jun 2026
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UK Lib Dem headlines

A couple look at a bill in despair.
Cost of living

Our Essential Energy Guarantee

The Liberal Democrats have announced a new policy to make energy affordable again and help make fuel poverty a thing of the past.

8 Jun 2026
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