Labour's Budget of broken promises will disappoint business owners and workers across the Bridgwater Constituency Thursday, 31 October, 2024 SIR Ashley Fox, MP for Bridgwater, has reacted to the Autumn Budget as ‘a blow to working people and small businesses’ in his constituency. Labour’s first Budget in 14 years, delivered by the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, included an announcement of £40 billion a year in extra taxes. The announcements included an increase in employer National Insurance contributions to the value of £25.7 billion. In... Local News
Councillor Chucked Out of Meeting While Challenging £420k Budget Black Hole 24th June 2024 Councillor Diogo Rodrigues was removed from the Bridgwater Town Council’s Extraordinary Finance and Corporate Services Committee meeting this morning while... Local News
Ashley Fox Engages with Local Businesses at Election Hustings 22nd June 2024 Ashley Fox, candidate for the Bridgwater constituency, took part in the recent General Election Hustings organised by the Bridgwater Chamber of Commerce. The... Local News
Ashley Fox takes part in Election Hustings at Robert Blake School 20th June 2024 Ashley Fox, along with some other candidates, faced the politically-minded students of Robert Blake School at a hustings event this week. Notably absent was the... Local News
Conservatives Slam Liberal Democrats for Failing Somerset's Roads 14th June 2024 Residents in Somerset are facing unprecedented neglect of their roads under the current Liberal Democrat administration. Since the Liberal Democrats took... Local News
Ashley Fox welcomes Conservatives' manifesto 13th June 2024 BRIDGWATER candidate Ashley Fox has welcomed the launch of the Conservative Party's manifesto for the 2024 general election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled... Local News
Ashley Fox visits Haygrove School to address critical site issues 12th June 2024 Ashley Fox, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Bridgwater, visited Haygrove School today to meet with Headteacher Aaron Reid and to discuss the pressing... Local News
Ashley Fox welcomes a clear plan from the Conservatives to reform welfare and says ‘only the Conservatives will take the bold action needed to make welfare fair for taxpayers’ 9th June 2024 Ashley Fox has welcomed the Conservatives’ clear plan to deliver £12 billion of savings from the welfare system, getting more people into work across Bridgwater... Local News
Ashley Fox Attends D-Day Commemoration Events in Bridgwater 9th June 2024 Ashley Fox, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, attended the D-Day commemoration events held in Bridgwater on Saturday 8th June. The day began with a solemn... Local News
Bridgwater Budget Blunder: Labour Council's £420k Budget Deficit 3rd June 2024 Residents in Bridgwater will be stunned today by the news that Bridgwater Town Council is facing a staggering £420,000 budget deficit just two months into the... Local News
Vote on Thursday to break the gridlock 10th December 2019 Two days before polling day, the Prime Minister is taking nothing for granted - whilst the Conservatives only need to gain 9 seats to get an overall majority... National News
Cost of Corbyn: Labour's plans for 108 new taxpayer funded quangos revealed 10th December 2019 New analysis shows that Labour’s manifesto commits to creating over 100 new quangos, with a total cost of £13.2 billion over the next five years. National News
Brexit, actually 9th December 2019 Boris Johnson's funny election advert parodies Love Actually but makes an important point: this election is too close to call. National News
Revealed: Labour’s plan to make our streets less safe 9th December 2019 Labour’s opposition to stop and search would increase crime on our streets, putting frontline officers and communities at risk. National News
Sport investment will get us ready for the World Cup bid 7th December 2019 A Conservative Majority Government will put a £550 million investment in grassroots football at the centre of its plans to back a UK and Ireland World Cup 2030... National News
Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to rig a second EU referendum 6th December 2019 The Prime Minister has written a letter urging Jeremy Corbyn to reconsider his Brexit policy and his plans to fiddle Labour’s second Brexit referendum. National News