Taunton Deane MP, Rebecca Pow has welcomed the recent announcement that Parliament will be introducing new measures over the next 12 months to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic across the Parliamentary estate.
Taunton Deane MP met with residents, staff and volunteers at the Life House this week, to learn more about how the charity is supporting single mothers in Taunton and across the UK.
The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP, has announced this week that Musgrove Park Hospital’s £79m funding bid for a new Surgical Centre has been successful.
Taunton Deane’s MP, Rebecca Pow has been named as the ‘Greenest New MP’, following her win at the first ever ‘Green Heart Hero’ awards at a ceremony in Parliament.
Taunton Deane MP, Rebecca Pow’s tireless campaign to gain more protection for ancient woodland has borne fruit with the Prime Minister’s announcement this week that there are plans to overhaul England’s planning policy to provide far more robust protection for this special habitat.
Taunton Deane MP, Rebecca Pow has joined Conservative colleagues from across the UK in pledging to Give Up Plastic for Lent. The parliamentarians have each agreed to take part in different challenges to reduce their own use of plastics during the 40 days in the run up to Easter.
Taunton Deane MP, Rebecca Pow has welcomed the Government’s announcement that the bid for the Housing Infrastructure Fund for £7.2m for the Staplegrove Spine Road has been successful.
This week in Westminster Rebecca Pow called on the Government to back a bid from Musgrove Park Hospital (MPH) to upgrade their outdated surgery facilities.
Rebecca Pow MP has today welcomed the Government’s new Strategic Plan for Rail. With a promise to look at opening disused railway lines there are increased hopes that the Wellington Railway station could re-open with Government support.
