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
Stopping HGV Petition in North Petherton 30th January 2024 Ashley Fox, Bridgwater Parliamentary Candidate, is supporting local residents in North Petherton who are concerned about the impact of HGVs driving through the... Local News
Ashley Fox meets North Petherton Residents 20th January 2024 Ashley Fox, Bridgwater Parliamentary Candidate, joined local Councillor and farmer, Alan Bradford, in North Petherton today to meet local businesses and... Local News
Conservatives Secure Victory in both Bridgwater & Highbridge By-Elections 19th December 2023 Monday night (18th of December) witnessed a double victory for the Conservatives as Alistair Hendry, Conservative Councillor on Somerset Council, unseated the... Local News
Ashley Fox visits Othery and Middlezoy Business Owners 16th December 2023 Ashley Fox, Bridgwater Parliamentary Candidate, has been out in Othery and Middlezoy today meeting with small business owners which are a vital part of our... Local News
Ashley Fox Endorsed by Lord King 1st December 2023 Ashley Fox, Bridgwater Parliamentary Candidate, met with Tom King, former MP for Bridgwater from 1970 to 2001, to receive his support for the upcoming election... Local News
Meeting with the Federation of Small Businesses 24th November 2023 Ashley Fox, Bridgwater Parliamentary Candidate, met with Ruth Lambert from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Somerset to show his support for all... Local News
Bridgwater businesses set to benefit from reduced inflation 22nd November 2023 As we await this month's Autumn Statement, recent economic developments have provided a glimmer of optimism, writes Diogo Rodrigues. The annual rate of... Local News
Conservative Councillor Elected Chair of Bridgwater LCN 6th October 2023 Bridgwater LCN aims to Drive Community Progress The Bridgwater Local Community Network (LCN) is forging ahead on its mission to empower and improve the local... Local News
Lib-Dem Decision could lose car park £173000 a year – after £1 million revamp 2nd October 2023 Claims Taunton' Crescent car park could lose £173,000 a year A CAR park in Somerset’s county town could lose £173,000 a year in income after the local authority... Local News
Boris Johnson’s speech outside Downing Street 13th December 2019 Boris Johnson delivered his first speech outside No. 10 Downing Street since the General Election. He told the UK how he would form a people’s Government... National News
Enough is enough. Vote Conservative and let’s get it done. 12th December 2019 In his polling day message to voters, the Prime Minister asks the public to vote Conservative. National News
Cost of Corbyn’s Christmas – Corbyn would make your family Christmas cost a third more 11th December 2019 New analysis has revealed that the cost of Christmas across Britain would increase substantially under Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour. National News
The choice tomorrow 11th December 2019 With voting to begin at 7am on Thursday, opinion polls say the election is too close to call - the Conservatives need 9 more seats for a majority, but... National 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
