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
“We will empower police to tackle scourge of violent knife crime,” pledges PM 19th November 2019 A Boris Johnson majority government would take a tough new approach to tackling knife crime and serious violence. National News
Life will mean life for child murderers 19th November 2019 Adults who murder children will be imprisoned for life, without parole, under tough new justice plans to be introduced by a Conservative majority Government. National News
Corbyn’s Pension Tax to cost savers £11,000 and force millions to delay retirement 18th November 2019 New analysis of Corbyn’s tax raid on pensions reveals that 10 million savers could lose an average of over £11,000 and be forced to delay retirement by almost... National News
Labour’s Brexit Policy: Even More Chaos and Indecision 18th November 2019 As per usual, Labour are only offering more talk, more delay and more indecision on Brexit. National News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's CBI Conference speech 18th November 2019 Read the Prime Minister's speech from the CBI Conference here. National News
Boris Johnson: End the Brexit uncertainty so we can get on with business 17th November 2019 The Prime Minister has unveiled a package of measures designed to help business make the most of Brexit. National News
