Taunton is defying the odds! 📈 Footfall is up, but Gideon warns crippling 25% tax hikes put local shops at risk. Read how he’s fighting Westminster to protect our town centre from policies that don't understand the Somerset economy
Phil Hill of the Somerset County Gazette gets to know Somerset Lib Dem councillor Lee Baker
"Decisions should be made with local people, not done to them". Gideon Amos MP calls for tougher protections for greenfield land and a brownfield-first approach to ensure growth is sustainable and our community has a genuine voice
Gideon Amos fights for more social care beds, 8,000 extra GPs and the urgent acceleration of improvements at Musgrove Park Hospital to ensure people get the dignity and care they deserve
With social care costs spiralling, Gideon Amos MP reveals why the current system is failing Somerset - and the radical Lib Dem plan to fix it
Read Gideon's latest report on the rules preventing Somerset councillors from building the homes we actually need. From the Monument to the mailbox, see the truth behind the housing "flaw" that’s failing an entire generation
Somerset is ready to build, but government debt rules are standing in the way. Gideon Amos MP has challenged Parliament to write off "decades-old" housing debt, to allow local Lib Dem councillors to deliver at least 630 new council houses
With rooms hitting 30°C and ceilings leaking, Gideon Amos tells Parliament that 2033 is too long to wait for Musgrove’s new maternity unit
We have announced a £600m rescue plan to fix maternity care, and make Britain the safest country in the world to have a baby.
Ed Davey's Leader's Speech to Spring Conference 2026
After years of neglect, our local councils are in financial survival mode. The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Government to move past emergency bailouts and deliver a sustainable future for local government.