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
Our spending boost to tackle adult mental illness 1st October 2019 Provision of community services for people with serious mental illness has historically not been a focus of mental health reforms. National News
How we’re planning to invest in our communities 30th September 2019 Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, has set out major new plans for investment alongside further measures to tackle the housing crisis. National News
5 key points you must know about our new housing policy 30th September 2019 Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, will announce that tenants in new housing association properties will be given... National News
Why Labour’s education policy will undermine education 30th September 2019 We are investing £14 billion into school funding to make sure our children have a world class education. We’ve made sure that extra funding will go towards... National News
The Chancellor’s Speech to Conference 2019 30th September 2019 Twenty years ago, Mum thought it was a big deal when she watched the first Asians move into Coronation Street here in Manchester.Well, now she’s watched as the... National News
We’re giving police officers Tasers to combat assault 29th September 2019 Senseless violence has blighted our streets for far too long.Over recent weeks, we have seen police officers attacked while simply doing their jobs. And... National News
