Calls for Liberal Democrats to Pay for By-Election Costs After Resignation Tuesday, 1 April, 2025 Liberal Democrats in Tiverton are facing growing pressure to foot the bill for an avoidable by-election after Rachel Gilmour resigned from Mid Devon District Council, months after promising to step down. Gilmour, who was elected as a district councillor in May 2023 and then as the MP for Tiverton and Minehead in July 2024, has not attended a single council meeting since September 2024. Despite... Local News
Outrage as Liberal Democrat MP Fails to Back Grooming Gangs Inquiry 12th January 2025 Local outrage is mounting after Liberal Democrat MP Rachel Gilmour failed to support a proposed inquiry into grooming gangs. The amendment, brought forward by... Local News
Exmoor Farmer Leads Fight Against Labour’s Family Farm Tax with 215,465-Signature Petition 17th December 2024 On Tuesday, the 17th of December, the Conservative Party presented a 215,465-signature strong petition to the Government, demanding an end to Labour’s Family... Local News
Conservatives Oppose Labour's Plan to Hike Bus Fares by 50% 28th November 2024 Conservative candidates in Tiverton are speaking out against Labour’s plans to increase the bus fare cap from £2 to £3, set to take effect on December 31st. The... Local News
SOMERSET COUNCIL - Future plans for council reorganisation 27th August 2024 The following information regarding the Liberal Democrat Council's plans for dealing with the declared Financial Emergency has been provided by our Conservative... Local News
GENERAL ELECTION 12th July 2024 Sadly we were unsuccessful in returning Ian Liddell-Grainger to Parliament at the General Election on July 4th. Tiverton & Minehead Conservative Association... Local News
CORPORATE GREED WILL SCAR LANDSCAPE 29th May 2024 Election candidate Ian Liddell-Grainger has expressed his ‘deep disappointment’ over the green light being given for another solar farm in West Somerset. And he... Local News
STILL TROUBLE ON THE BUSES, SAYS ANGRY MP 25th May 2024 Bus operator First Group has been accused of going back on its word to introduce improvements on its 28 route between Minehead and Taunton. MP Ian Liddell... Local News
MP’S PLEA OVER ‘DOOMED’ TB COW 25th May 2024 MP Ian Liddell-Grainger has made a last-ditch appeal to Defra to allow an Exmoor farmer to temporarily retain a cow diagnosed with TB on his farm. Michael Reed... Local News
MUCH WORK STILL TO DO, SAYS CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE 22nd May 2024 Ian Liddell-Grainger says he will be standing as a champion of the rural way of life as he contests the new Tiverton and Minehead constituency for the... Local News
Conservative response to Labour's Emergency Budget 26th March 2025 Read Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride’s response to Labour’s Emergency Budget, explaining why we are in economic disarray National News
Kemi Launches our 2025 Local Elections Campaign 26th March 2025 At a speech in Buckinghamshire on March 20th Kemi Badenoch spoke about what's at stake in the local elections on May 1st National News
Kemi Launches the Policy Renewal Programme 18th March 2025 At a speech in London Kemi Badenoch launched the Policy Renewal Programme, the largest policy exercise in a generation National News
Kemi’s statement on Ukraine 3rd March 2025 Ukraine is fighting for the same freedom, democracy and sovereignty we enjoy in the UK – we must support them National News
Kemi’s speech on foreign policy 25th February 2025 Kemi's keynote speech on foreign policy National News
Kemi gives a speech at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship Conference 18th February 2025 On Monday 17th February 2025 Kemi gave a speech outlining how important it is for the West to robustly defend its values National News
