Over the last week, the Prime Minster has set out his five key priorities: halving inflation, growing the economy, reducing the national debt, tackling illegal arrivals on small boats, and cutting NHS waiting lists.
Judging by local feedback these priorities are spot on.
In terms of the NHS, the i
As we gather in our homes to celebrate all the traditions of Christmas I know a lot of people will be drinking a toast to seeing the back of 2022.
I don’t blame them: it has, indeed, been a year to forget.
Barely had we started to relax the rules associated with the last lockdown than war erupted
At the last full Bath and North-East Somerset Council meeting, on 18th November, there was unanimous cross-party support for the council doing all it can to help residents struggling in the current cold weather with inflated energy bills, due to Putin's war in Ukraine.
Conservative councillors supp
Last Friday, I visited the Jobcentre in Bath to talk to staff and clients.
My visits to the Jobcentre are always helpful in understanding how Government policy is being delivered and how both employees and clients are managing any new changes to the system on a ‘shop floor’ level.
The recent adv
Recently, Visa wrote to let me know that it has set up a nationwide competition celebrating the hundreds of towns across the United Kingdom (UK) that help local businesses and communities to prosper.
It is becoming ever clearer what a disaster North Somerset’s plans will be for Clevedon’s historic seafront. North Somerset Council has ignored a petition of 4,000+ Clevedon residents against this proposal and just gone ahead with this ruination of an historic seafront.
This Saturday Matt was joined by local activists in Widcombe and Lyncombe to speak to the residents with our local election candidate Louisa McFarland.
Many residents are concerned about the Council's plan to turn Entry Hill Golf Course into a mountain bike park, and the impact this will have
This week, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Mel Stride, wrote to all Members of Parliament outlining the financial support that the Government is offering as we navigate the current economic challenges.
It was recently announced that the new State Pension will increase to £203.85
