I was honoured to present Platinum Jubilee medals to the deserving 40 Commando Royal Marines at Norton Manor Camp in this special year, and to thank them all for their dedicated, professional and much valued service to keep us safe.
Funding grants of up to £300,000 will be made available to farmers to help them boost their businesses and add extra value to their produce, Environment Secretary, George Eustice has announced today.
During her visit to the Royal Bath & West Show, Taunton Deane MP and the Environment Minister, Rebecca Pow, addressed the CLA business breakfast on the new farming and environmental schemes replacing the European Basic Payment scheme and later toured the showground.
In public statements I made on this matter earlier this year, I explained that I wanted to understand the full picture, pledging to comment further following the outcome of the Metropolitan Police investigation and the publication of Sue Gray’s report.
Taunton Deane MP, Rebecca Pow welcomed Nigel Huddleston MP, Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society on his first visit to see the Wellington Monument in its resplendent, fully restored glory.
A three-year project to transform the West Somerset Railway Gauge Museum has been completed recently and at a special thankyou event it was opened by MP for Taunton Deane, Rebecca Pow.
Today, the Department for Education announced the outcome of the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) 2022-23 round. Following a rigorous assessment process, £498 million has been allocated for 1,405 projects at 1,129 academies, sixth-form colleges and voluntary aided schools across England.
Newly released figures show that 296 police officers have been recruited in Avon and Somerset as part of the Conservative Government’s pledge to put 20,000 more officers on the streets by March 2023.
To help families with the cost of living, the Conservative Government are offering one million half price train tickets in the nation’s biggest ever rail sale.
