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Apr 30, 20250 min read


Musgrove improvements raised in Parliament
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey and local MP Gideon Amos both called for urgent funding to improve Taunton’s Musgrove Park Hospital...
Apr 27, 20252 min read


Station supporters meet Rail Minister in Parliament
A 30-strong delegation, organised by Gideon Amos MP, travelled to Parliament yesterday (Wednesday) to press the case for new railway...
Apr 24, 20252 min read


Gideon Amos raises Nottingham stabbings at Prime Minister's Questions
Local MP Gideon Amos has called on the Prime Minister for an update on the inquiry into the violent deaths of Taunton student Barnaby...
Apr 3, 20252 min read


Pollution free buses
Gideon Amos MP has hailed the roll out of a new fleet of pollution-free electric buses for Taunton and Wellington. The buses, which come...
Mar 30, 20252 min read


Reaction to Spring Statement
Gideon Amos, MP for Taunton and Wellington, has called for more support for small businesses following the Chancellor’s Spring Statement...
Mar 28, 20252 min read


Gideon Amos meets Minister on Wellington Post Office
Gideon Amos MP met the Postal Affairs Minister, Gareth Thomas, in London as part of his campaign for the return of a post office to...
Mar 21, 20252 min read


Breakthrough for future of Debenhams building
A top-level meeting – arranged by Taunton’s MP Gideon Amos – was held in the House of Commons with the owners of the former Debenhams...
Mar 15, 20252 min read


MP calls for anti-social behaviour action
Taunton’s MP, Gideon Amos, called for action to stamp out anti-social behaviour in the town’s historic Castle Green during a speech in...
Mar 12, 20252 min read


Gideon Amos opposes controversial homes plan
Gideon Amos MP has joined the opposition to controversial plans for a major housing development on the outskirts of Wellington. A...
Mar 10, 20252 min read


Gideon Amos 'privileged' to visit village school
Gideon Amos, the MP for Taunton and Wellington, enjoyed a visit to Hatch Beauchamp Primary School today (Friday). He said afterwards: “It...
Mar 10, 20252 min read


Gideon Amos MP says sewage pollution is 'a national disgrace'
Taunton and Wellington MP, Gideon Amos, has called for changes to Bathing Water Status regulations in a debate he led in Parliament...
Mar 6, 20252 min read


Gideon Amos MP visits Men in Sheds charity
Gideon Amos MP was given a tour of CMiST – Community Men in Sheds Taunton – by the chairman John Thwaites. John explained that the...
Mar 5, 20252 min read


MP and Mayor get planting in Wellington
Local MP Gideon Amos and the Mayor of Wellington, Cllr Janet Lloyd, joined the tree planting effort in the town’s 'Green Corridor' at the...
Mar 5, 20251 min read


Defence Minister visits Taunton
The MP for Taunton and Wellington, Gideon Amos, welcomed Lord Vernon Coaker, Minister of State for Defence, to the county town last...
Mar 5, 20251 min read


Water companies under fire from MP
The MP for Taunton and Wellington, Gideon Amos, has slammed privatised water companies after Wessex Water asked the water regulator for...
Feb 21, 20252 min read


MPs meet Transport Secretary on stations project
A meeting has taken place in Parliament with the Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander, to discuss the project to reopen...
Feb 14, 20252 min read


Gideon Amos backs local farmers in Westminster speech
The MP for Taunton and Wellington, Gideon Amos, spoke passionately in support of small family farms in Westminster Hall on Monday. MPs...
Feb 12, 20252 min read


MP welcomes announcement of new dental practice for Wellington
Gideon Amos MP has expressed delight that, following years of campaigning “by many people” to improve NHS dental provision, a new...
Feb 6, 20252 min read


MP takes his post office campaign to Parliament
Gideon Amos, MP for Taunton and Wellington, made an impassioned speech in support of local post offices in Parliament on Thursday. He...
Feb 4, 20253 min read
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