It has been great to be back home in the constituency for an extended period with the Easter recess and I am looking forward to more time here over the next two weeks.  I was pleased to accompany the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner around Crewkerne and Chard and we discussed among

Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry has launched a new listening project to hear from more people impacted by the Post Office Horizon scandal.  

FROM LLOYDS BANK, ILMINSTER.

It’s been another challenging week here in what we are told has been an unusually warm February. With the high winds it certainly hasn’t felt like that and many will have been affected by flash floods.

Energy regulator Ofgem has today (Friday 23 February, 2024) announced a significant reduction of the energy price cap for the second quarter of 2024.

Whist it seemed like spring had arrived, at the time of writing we have further flood warnings in parts of Somerset.

It's been a traditional damp February half term but I hope that many of you will have had the chance to spend some time with family and friends.

Water bosses are set to be banned from receiving bonuses if a company has committed serious criminal breaches, the Environment Secretary has announced.

Representatives from both Somerset Council and First Bus South are continuing to work together and have frank and constructive conversations about the issues. Both parties remain very hopeful a way forward can be found for these services.

Thoughts this week have been with the Royal Family after His Majesty the King’s cancer diagnosis.