Calling for crackdown on bike theft
With Avon and Somerset Police solving just over ten per cent of cycle thefts last year, Lib Dems say action is essential
29 Oct 2025
News
Local Headlines
Emergency relief needed for GP appointments
Gideon Amos calls for a package to drastically improve waiting times for GP appointments
27 Oct 2025
Supporting calls for housing upgrades
Gideon Amos joins schoolchildren from Taunton and Wellington as they gather in Parliament Square to call for upgrades to housing quality across the UK
23 Oct 2025
Speaking out on damaging family farm tax
Gideon Amos slams the government for refusing to listen to farmers about proposed Inheritance Tax reforms
22 Oct 2025
Our hospices need more support
Warning that terminally ill patients face cuts to vital hospice care, Gideon Amos is backing a Lib Dem campaign to save our country's hospices
21 Oct 2025
Huge win for Forces families
Gideon Amos, working with colleagues in Parliament, has won a new legal right for military homes to be annually assessed
17 Oct 2025
Taunton
The Den is open for business
Now open in Taunton - ground-breaking coffee shop offering free support and legal advice for people living with special educational needs and disabilities
13 Oct 2025
Flood relief scheme to protect Taunton
Somerset Council in partnership with the Environment Agency will deliver a £6 million flood alleviation project to help protect homes and businesses in Taunton
13 Oct 2025
Member's Views
Member's Views
Global Conflict and the Cost-of-Living
Taunton's Habib Farbahi warns how the US-Israeli conflict with Iran and global instability are driving up fuel and living costs in Somerset, arguing that the UK must push for a ceasefire, protected shipping and renewed diplomacy
26 Oct 2026
Member's Views
The real inheritance tax: Social care costs explained
Taunton resident Alan Paul highlights the injustice of dementia care fees wiping out family homes while multi-millionaires pay nothing, calling for urgent reform
24 Oct 2026
Member's Views
Brexit 'Taboo' lifted: Why it's time for closer EU ties
Is the Brexit taboo finally lifting? Wellington's JF Pocock explores why a precinct 'go it alone' UK is struggling, and calls for bold action - including rejoining the Single Market - to boost the economy, security and jobs in a changing world
12 Oct 2026
UK Lib Dem Headlines
Health, Care & the NHS
Supporting People to Age Well
Supporting people to age well and maintain their independence is better for them and common-sense for the NHS. The Liberal Democrats are taking a stand to fix social care, protect our NHS, and ensure everyone can age well in their own home and community.
AB
21 Sep 2026
Health, Care & the NHS
A Liberal Vision for Primary Healthcare
Liberal Democrat members have renewed our commitment to fix the front door of the NHS, restore patient choice, end dental deserts, and ensure preventative care is accessible before health problems turn into emergencies.
HM
21 Sep 2026