ELECTIONS: Church funding welcomed by Marcus Fysh
Posted: 27th March 2015
CONSERVATIVE candidate for the Yeovil constituency, Marcus Fysh, has welcomed news that £130,000 is to become available for much-needed repair works on local churches. Mr Fysh is delighted that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has made funds available for church repairs up and down the country. These repairs will help prevent further damage to these important buildings –…
ELECTIONS: Yeovil MP welcomes cash boost for seven local schools
Posted: 26th March 2015
SEVEN schools in the Yeovil constituency are to benefit from more than £2m for improvements. Yeovil MP David Laws has today (Thursday, March 26, 2015) announced the final allocation of money for school building improvements in this Parliament. The schools in the Yeovil constituency to benefit are Holyrood Academy at Chard; Stanchester Academy at Stoke-sub-Hamdon; Maiden…
ELECTIONS: Somerset Chamber will press whoever is in power to build on Budget promises
Posted: 22nd March 2015
THE Somerset Chamber of Commerce has welcomed this week’s report by the Chancellor of the Exchequer which shows a growing British economy. Chief executive of the Somerset Chamber, Neil Murphy, said that they welcomed this week’s Budget in which Chancellor, George Osborne, said the economy had grown by 2.6 per cent in 2014 and forecasted to grow further by 2.5 per cent in…
ELECTIONS: Little to cheer about in the Budget says the Green Party
Posted: 21st March 2015
PEOPLE struggling to get by will find little cheer in this week’s Budget, says the Green Party. Greens have now called for an immediate end to austerity-led economics and a rebalancing of the economy so that it works for the common good. Emily McIvor, who is the Green Party’s candidate for the Yeovil constituency at the General Election on May 7, 2015, said the Green…
ELECTIONS: Yeovil Hospital chief meets with Labour candidate
Posted: 18th March 2015
LABOUR candidate Sheena King said she has had a “fascinating” meeting with Yeovil District Hospital chief executive Paul Mears. Ms King (pictured above) was selected earlier this month as Labour’s candidate to stand in the Yeovil constituency for the General Election on Thursday, May 7, 2015, and one of her first meetings was with the chief exec at the hospital. “It…
ELECTIONS: Yeovil MP welcomes tax cuts in Budget
Posted: 18th March 2015
YEOVIL MP David Laws has welcomed the tax cuts for lower and middle income earners and the help for savers announced in the Budget today (Wednesday, March 18, 2015) – the last before this year’s General Election. The Personal Tax Allowance, which will stand at £10,600 this year as a result of the Liberal Democrat pledge to raise it at the last General Election, will rise…
ELECTIONS: Chancellor congratulates Yeovil's Conservative champion
Posted: 18th March 2015
THE Chancellor of the Exchequer has described the Conservative candidate for the Yeovil constituency at the General Election, Marcus Fysh, as a “strong champion” for the constituency. George Osborne’s budget today (Wednesday, March 18, 2015) confirmed the Conservatives’ plans for investment in infrastructure in the South West worth £7.2-billion. They include major…
ELECTIONS: Laws welcomes national minimum wage increase
Posted: 18th March 2015
YEOVIL MP David Laws has welcomed the news that the National Minimum Wage is set to rise by 3% to £6.70 an hour. This is the largest real-terms increase in the Minimum Wage since 2008, and over 1.4 million workers across the UK will benefit. Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, also announced that the National Minimum Wage for apprentices will…
ELECTIONS: Make sure YOU can vote!
Posted: 17th March 2015
COUNCIL officials are encouraging people to make sure they are registered to vote in this year’s local elections and the main General Election on May 7, 2015. A national advertising campaign is being launched to remind people about registering to vote in the elections by visiting www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. On May 7 voters will go to the polls in South Somerset to elect…
ELECTIONS: Sheena King selected as Labour candidate for Yeovil
Posted: 2nd March 2015
THE Yeovil Constituency Labour Party has selected Sheena King as its candidate to stand in this year’s General Election. Sheena, who is a law graduate and a mother of a baby boy, has an 11-year career history in air traffic control. “I have always considered myself a Socialist and have always been a Labour party supporter,” she said. “I have been actively involved with…
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