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MP calls for hospice support
Gideon Amos MP has pledged his support for St Margaret’s Hospice after visiting its headquarters in Taunton. He was given a tour of the...
2 days ago2 min read
Bus route issues raised in Parliament
First Bus has apologised for problems with its service between Wellington and Taunton after Gideon Amos MP raised the issue in...
Jan 82 min read
MP launches Post Office petition
Gideon Amos MP has launched a petition calling for the return of a Post Office to Wellington. The town has been without the facility...
Jan 52 min read
Banking Hub opening
Gideon Amos MP has welcomed the official opening of Wellington’s new Banking Hub in Fore Street today (Friday). The hub had been in the...
Jan 12 min read
MP issues broadband update to parish councils
Gideon Amos, MP for Taunton and Wellington, has said he will continue fighting for improved broadband in rural communities. He has...
Dec 23, 20241 min read
MP's support for postal services
Gideon Amos MP pledged to support postal services during a pre-Christmas visit to the Royal Mail’s Taunton sorting office on Friday. He...
Dec 18, 20242 min read
RAF's apology to dismissed airman
A Taunton airman, dismissed from the RAF because of his sexuality, has received an official apology after his case was raised in...
Dec 18, 20242 min read
MP issues Pension Credit reminder ahead of deadline
Taunton and Wellington MP, Gideon Amos, is urging people to check if they are eligible for Pension Credit ahead of this weekend’s...
Dec 12, 20242 min read
Gideon Amos MP calls for community-led housing
Gideon Amos, MP for Taunton and Wellington, has said new housing should be community led, come with the right infrastructure and be...
Dec 8, 20242 min read
Gideon Amos wants station project back on track
Local MP Gideon Amos again stressed the case for the Wellington and Cullompton stations reopening project in Parliament. His comments...
Nov 29, 20242 min read
Gideon Amos visits schools in Parliament Week
Gideon Amos, MP for Taunton and Wellington, visited two schools in his constituency as part of UK Parliament Week. The Liberal Democrat...
Nov 27, 20242 min read
French Weir Park water quality statement
“It is shocking that for so many years people were using our river, including wild swimmers, without being given any information on the...
Nov 25, 20242 min read
Gideon Amos steps up Pension Credit campaign
Ahead of Fuel Poverty Awareness Day this Wednesday (27th November), Taunton and Wellington MP, Gideon Amos, has stepped up his campaign...
Nov 21, 20241 min read
Somerset bus volunteers praised in Parliament
A £6.8 million boost for bus funding in Somerset has been welcomed by Gideon Amos, MP for Taunton and Wellington. But he told Parliament...
Nov 13, 20242 min read
Gideon Amos steps up station campaign
Local MP Gideon Amos has vowed to step up his fight for the proposed Wellington Station after a second meeting with the Rail Minister,...
Nov 13, 20242 min read
Gideon Amos slams bus cap increase
People who use the bus to commute to work in Taunton and Wellington could be hit by the equivalent of a 1p income tax rise due to the...
Nov 7, 20242 min read
MP fights for new station, hospital improvements and bypass
Local MP Gideon Amos has vowed to keep fighting for Wellington’s new railway station – after a ministerial meeting on the project was...
Nov 7, 20241 min read
Gideon Amos fighting 'tractor tax'
More than 100 farms in Taunton and Wellington could be hit by the “tractor tax” following the government’s decision to cut inheritance...
Oct 23, 20241 min read
Gideon Amos calls for urgent investment in local hospitals
Latest NHS data has revealed that Somerset’s hospitals need £126,134,221 in repairs and Gideon Amos. MP for Taunton and Wellington, is...
Oct 19, 20243 min read
Gideon Amos MP slams Somerset's 'dental desert’
The MP for Taunton and Wellington, Gideon Amos, slammed the last government’s legacy of a “dental desert” in Somerset this week during...
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