Why so many houses? Join our public meeting 🔶
Have your say on local house building plans in Taunton & Wellington. Meet Gideon Amos MP and local experts at CICCIC on Friday, 17 July at 7pm
10 Jul 2026
News
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
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
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
Calling for a crackdown on fly-tipping
MP Gideon Amos calls for tougher laws to close a loophole allowing fly-tipping to overrun private and rural land in Taunton and Wellington
25 Jun 2026
Join our public meeting on local planning changes
Are new developer-led planning rules pushing local communities aside? Join housing spokesperson Gideon Amos MP and a panel of experts at CICCIC, 7pm Friday, 17 July, for a free public meeting to ask 'Why So Many Houses?'
23 Jun 2026
Gideon Amos MP Column June 2026
In his latest MP Column, Taunton and Wellington MP Gideon Amos covers securing a major breakthrough to keep Wellington’s new railway station on track, cracking down on rogue high street landlords and fighting the local housing crisis
19 Jun 2026
Demanding tougher action on rogue shops
Gideon Amos MP calls for crackdown on high street criminality. Backing a return to proper community policing to give officers and councils stronger powers to fast-track shop closures, slash paperwork and penalise rogue landlords
18 Jun 2026
UK Lib Dem headlines
International Affairs
A new Growth and Defence Partnership with Europe
Our new Growth and Defence Partnership with the EU - including joining the Single Market and a new Customs Union - will make the UK richer, safer and stronger.
17 Jun 2026
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
Lib Dems Winning
Getting the job done: Our latest wins in Westminster
The Liberal Democrats secured a number of wins in Parliament recently - here's a recap of what we've achieved.
2 May 2026