MP for Bridgwater and West Somerset
The EU Solidarity Fund was established in 2002 after severe flooding in central Europe. So when flood waters rose in Bridgwater and on the Levels in 2011 there were quite a few voices calling for us to get our hands of some of this fund. … [Read more...] about EU flood relief? Red tape but no cash
Once upon a time the trains rumbled through Burtle junction - long gone now though. And Burtle has been without a Post Office since 2008 when the temporary one, in the pub, shut down. But after a long fight I bring better news: the Post … [Read more...] about Post Haste!
Along with many of my Parliamentary colleagues I want there to be greater transparency in the NHS after an Alzheimer’s Society investigation which found too many people with dementia are falling while in hospital, being discharged at night … [Read more...] about Better care needed
Last November the planning authorities gave permission for a new telecoms mast at Haddon Hill. It was meant to connect some of Exmoor's notorious mobile phone and internet blackspots. Then, without explanation, the firm employed to get … [Read more...] about Haddon Hill phone mast - the fight goes on
....and £300million will help quite a lot! That is the size of the "relief fund" established by the Government to cover the transitional phase of a new deal for councils which will enable them, eventually, to hold on to far more of the … [Read more...] about Every Little Helps…..