Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has today given the go ahead for at least £250 million of funding to upgrade the A358 allowing Taunton to grow and prosper.
An event to celebrate the reintroduction of Cranes to the Somerset Levels after 400 years, took place at the Willow and Wetlands Visitor Centre in Stoke St Gregory near Taunton on Saturday 22 November.
Campaigners and local residents were out in force on Sunday to take action against the scourge of dangerous waste being left by users of ‘legal highs’ and to raise awareness of the growing menace. Prospective Conservative MP for Taunton Deane Rebecca Pow, joined local residents on a special Police Community Day to clear Taunton’s parks of traces of legal highs.
Months after the flood waters on the Somerset Levels have subsided some desperate home owners are still not back in their homes and the finger of blame is being pointed at a number of insurance companies.Prospective Conservative MP for Taunton Deane, Rebecca Pow has been out to meet Steve Wilton who lives at Burrowbridge and whose whole life has been turned upside down because his insurance company will not honour their agreement despite months of wrangling.
TB is a serious animal health problem and is devastating for affected farmers. Nearly 25,000 cattle were slaughtered in England last year. The cost of the disease to the taxpayer is huge and set to reach £1 billion in England over the next ten years if we do not take more action.
Rebecca Pow, the Prospective Conservative MP for Taunton Deane met local people to see the progress with the dredging on the Somerset Levels for herself.
Prominent former Conservative politician Ann Widdecombe has thrown her support behind prospective Conservative MP Rebecca Pow in her campaign to represent the constituents of Taunton Deane.
