Taunton Deane MP, Rebecca Pow has welcomed today’s figures showing that unemployment has dropped to its lowest national rate since 2005, with 2.5 million more people across the United Kingdom back in work having the security of a regular pay packet than in 2010
The new Psychoactive Substances Act, which comes into force on May 26th of this year, will introduce a blanket ban on the production, distribution, sale and supply of legal highs which are intended for human consumption.
There can barely be anyone locally that is not aware of the iconic Wellington Monument standing tall on the Blackdown Hill escarpment and clearly visible from the M5 in Somerset. It is not just an eye catching and a loved symbol for Wellington and Taunton Deane it is also a landmark for the 21 million vehicles passing it on the M5 every year much like Stonehenge or the Angel of the North.
The drive for a new metro style metro style station in Wellington continues. This week Rebecca Pow MP presented a petition to Parliament urging the Government to support calls for a new railway station. The petition was supported by many local residents and will now be given to the Department of Transport for answer.
Taunton Deane MP Rebecca Pow was one of twenty Conservative MPs who recently wrote to the prime minister urging him to accept the steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions required by the UK’s ‘fifth carbon budget’.
