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in Westminster Rebecca Pow called on the Government to back a bid from Musgrove Park Hospital (MPH) to upgrade their outdated surgery facilities.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.

Solicitor Ben Shepherd became the newest Conservative town councillor in Wellington on Thursday evening (26th October 2017) winning a by-election in the South ward.

Cllr Leigh Redman, Leader of the Labour Party at Somerset County Council has recently published a number of accusations through his party website with reference to privatising Somerset’s Children’s Services.

Party Chairman Patrick McLoughlin made a special visit to Taunton to meet with local supporters and Conservative Council Leaders.

Improvements to Delayed Transfer of Care: Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health has written to congratulate and thank Somerset County Council for the work that has been done to reduce delays in people leaving hospital – Delayed Transfers of Care to give it’s formal title.

Residents living on parts of the new Cades Farm estate in Wellington were this week being surveyed about postal and parcel delivery problems due to possible confusion over similar street names.