Rebecca Pow MP has welcomed news that crime has fallen by 8 per cent year-on-year, according to the independent Crime Survey for England and Wales, and by more than a quarter (30 per cent) since 2010.

Yesterday, Rebecca Pow MP attended the launch of a new network to support innovation by farmers. ‘Innovative Farmers’ gives farmers research support and funding on their own terms. In a world where most agricultural research happens off-farm, this puts farmers firmly in the driving seat.

A young woman from Taunton led a discussion on the issues affecting girls and young women in the UK at the Conservative Party Conference last week.

Rebecca Pow MP took on the challenge of cleaning up the streets at the Conservative Party Conference this week, when the charity Guide Dogs offered her the chance to learn more about the daily difficulties faced by people living with sight loss.

Rebecca Pow, Member of Parliament for Taunton Deane took centre stage at the Conservative Party Conference to introduce the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Amber Rudd; the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Greg Clark and the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Liz Truss.

The annual Countryside Alliance Awards are now open to public nomination, and MP Rebecca Pow is urging the local community to get backing her nominations.

MP Rebecca Pow visited Mecca Bingo in Taunton on Friday evening to receive a cheque for a whopping £250k which has been raised nationally for the children's charity, Variety.

Taunton Deane MP Rebecca Pow has nominated local pub chef Dan Lowman from The Ring of Bells in St James Street for the inaugural Parliamentary Pub Chef of the Year award. Dan will be judged by an expert panel which will decide whether he will go through to the final stages. The award, sponsored by Nestlé Professional, will be presented in the New Year and is run by the British Beer & Pub Association and the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group. 

This week Rebecca Pow MP met with representatives of local schools in Taunton Deane to discuss the issue of fair funding for schools and to launch a petition that calls on the Government to consider a new approach to school funding.  

This week Rebecca Pow MP attended a debate on the case of Sgt Alexander Blackman (Marine A) and supported the calls for fairness and transparency as this sensitive case was brought to the attention of the Government. Sgt Blackman was tried by court martial in 2013 and convicted of murder after shooting a wounded Taliban insurgent in 2011. Recently there have been calls for the case to be reviewed by Criminal Cases Review Commission; a campaign backed by the author Freddie Forsyth, the Daily Mail, Jonathan Goldberg MP as well as a number of MP’s.