General election polling: What’s predicted in YOUR area?
2024 is the year of elections. The UK is poised to head to the polls when the urge takes Rishi…
Under-threat bus routes saved after council deal with Buses of Somerset
UNDER-threat bus routes in Somerset – including the 54 service between Taunton and Yeovil – have been saved for…
Somerset Council passes balanced budget after stormy meeting
A STORMY meeting ended in cash-strapped Somerset Council passing a balanced budget – amid warnings of potential bankruptcy. The…
Leader slams ‘disgraceful’ cancer remarks from MP in Somerset budget debate
THE Lib Dem leader of Somerset Council – who is battling kidney cancer – has lambasted his Conservative Party…
‘I am angry’: Somerset’s ‘precarious’ financial future debated as budget measures approved
“I AM angry. I am angry. I am angry.” Those were the words of Somerset Council leader Bill Revans (Lib…
Negotiations could save Somerset recycling centres under threat of closure
RECYCLING centres in Somerset could be saved as leaders look to make savings through contracts rather than closures, a…
Somerset parks could be locked overnight in bid to save money
PARKS in Wellington, Minehead and Taunton will be locked overnight in a bid to save money, if plans are…
Stalwart Somerset district councillors receive Alderman titles
WHEN Somerset Council was created on April 1 last year, the former district councils were disbanded. Taunton Deane Borough Council,…
Around 1,000 jobs could go at Somerset Council amid ‘financial emergency’
MORE than 1,000 Somerset Council workers could lose their job as the authority tries to avoid bankruptcy. Facing a £100…
Fears Somerset bus routes could be axed amid financial crisis
FOUR bus routes in Somerset could be under threat if extra funding cannot be agreed. In recent years, Somerset Council…
