This afternoon, Conservative MPs, including John Redwood, have voted in favour of weakening the water regulator’s ability to take enforcement action on water companies.
Sewage was dumped into rivers in Taunton Deane for 15,720 hours in 2023, new figures have revealed.
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey has called for business rates to be scrapped to boost high streets. The Lib Dem policy would aim to tackle one of the key challenges facing businesses and shops, revitalising town centres.
Ed Davey has said Rishi Sunak is living in a “parallel universe,” after today’s figures reveal NHS targets are being missed
Willie Rennie and the Scottish Liberal Democrat MSPs led a debate in the Scottish Parliament on NHS dentistry
New figures released by the Environment Agency have shown that Wessex Water, which covers most of Taunton and Wellington, discharged sewage into waterways for a staggering 372,341 hours last year.