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In Taunton Deane |
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Contact: Taunton Deane Conservative Group Email: Click here to go to our contact form |
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Budget Constraints may impact on Recycling Services in Taunton Deane Councillor Mark Edwards said, “I am still deeply concerned that amongst the three trial options being considered is to change the collection of all recyclable items to fortnightly to counter the additional costs of adding plastics and cardboard items to the service”…..“The Council has a significant budget gap and cuts in services seem inevitable so the additional cost of adding plastics and cardboard to the recycling service will come under massive pressure and I am therefore concerned that the Liberal Democrat Executive running the Council will take the low cost option which would be massively detrimental to the service.” |
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Concern Expressed about possible down grading of recycling service in Taunton & Wellington Councillor Mark Edwards, who was responsible for the introduction of the present recycling service in Taunton, is today highlighting concerns, he has, about changes that are being considered to the recycling service in Taunton and Wellington. Trials are due to take place shortly in various areas to find ways of incorporating cardboard and plastics into the collection system however some of the options involved he fears are a backward step and could be very damaging to recycling in Taunton and Wellington. More... |
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UKHO Employees secure in knowledge they will remain in Taunton The tremendous news announced yesterday that the UK Hydrographic Office is to remain in Taunton will come as a huge relief to employees and the community.
This has been hanging over the employees and their families for years and it is good and only right that this uncertainty has been ended by the Government. This now allows the UKHO to move forward with certainty and plan their future in Taunton. This decision allows a first class organisation to continue providing first class employment opportunities for Taunton and its community. …more |
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Residents of Trull & Comeytrowe Alarmed by Housing Threat Councillor Mark Edwards has met with residents of Comeytrowe Road who are extremely concerned about the development being considered for eighty homes on the fields adjoining Trull and Comeytrowe.
Councillor Edwards said, “The residents are very greatly concerned about this development and although the meeting was a last minute decision and only an hour’s notice given, over fifty residents turned up. That proves beyond doubt the concern that is felt in the area”... more |
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Councillor Mark Edwards has expressed his deep concern over plans for a major affordable housing development off Comeytrowe Road. The development of eighty houses has been proposed for a green field site on the edge of the village of Trull which adjoins the fields leading to Comeytrowe.
“I was truly surprised to be informed of plans to develop this land on the edge of Trull. It is part of the greenbelt and I have always believed should be protected land that helped Trull with its aim of retaining its village status albeit on the edge of the town. … more |
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Grave concern over plans to rationalise Post Offices in the Taunton Area
The Shadow Executive Councillor for Corporate Resources at Taunton Deane Borough Council, Councillor Terry Hall has expressed his grave concerns after being briefed on plans to rationalise the Post Offices in the region.
The rationalisation is as a result of the Post Office losing £4m per week and is required by the Government to get into profit by 2011. The Government have agreed funding of £1.7b over the next five years during which the restructuring will take place. The Post Office has introduced numerous new services over the last few years however this has failed to turn around their losses. … more |
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Tenants’ anger at Council giving nearly £1.5 million of their money to the Treasury The Council is struggling to keep up with maintenance and general improvements to its houses. Liberal Democrat run Taunton Deane Borough Council have had to hand over £1,495,000 in housing subsidy over the last three months to the Government. This is about a quarter of everybody’s rent, i.e. about £15 per week (or £760 per year) straight from tenants’ pockets. ...more |
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Conservatives Welcome MPs Support for their Affordable Housing Scheme MP’s support for affordable housing at Ham, Chelston is to be applauded. The housing being constructed by Summerfield Developments resulted from close cooperation between Taunton Deane Borough Council’s then Conservative administration that piloted the initiative in cooperation with Summerfield. |
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Taunton Deane Conservatives reach out with 21st Century Twinning with Chinese region of Chengdu Cllr Mark Edwards, the Conservative Chairman of the Health and Leisure Panel at Taunton Deane Borough Council, has asked for the Council to give consideration to the idea of Twinning Taunton Deane with the Chengdu region in China. The Health and Leisure Panel are being asked to set up a “task and finish scrutiny panel” to consider the idea and bring forward recommendations to develop the concept… more |
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Conservative Call for Urgent Plastic and Cardboard Kerbside Collection for Taunton DeaneThe introduction of the Kerbside collection of plastics and cardboard is being urgently called for by Councillor Mark Edwards, the man who was responsible for the introduction of the present recycling service in Taunton. The rate is now nudging 50% for the kerbside and composting recycling, a result that the previous Conservative administration highlights as a key success of its administration during the last four years…. more |
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Support for small local business in rural areas welcomed Local Councillor for Trull, Mark Edwards has today welcomed an approach from the Somerset Chamber of Commerce and Industry who are planning to assist local small independent businesses including shops and post offices … more |
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Tenants’ anger at Libdems giving £466,000 of their money to the Treasury… The Libdems at Taunton Deane Borough Council have just handed over £466,000 of Taunton Deane tenant’s rent money to the Treasury - the first of ten such payments this year. … more |
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Warning about Unitary for Council Tenants Councillor Mark Edwards, Conservative Spokesman for Housing at Taunton Deane Borough Council today warns the Council Tenants to use their vote in the up and coming referendum on the abolition of Taunton Deane Council. The abolition is proposed by the County Council and being considered by the Government. ...more |
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Taunton Deane Conservative Councillors take to the streets to campaign against the County Council bid to scrap Taunton Deane Borough Council and the other district councils in Somerset and create a massive, remote Unitary authority for Somerset… more |
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Deane Conservatives slam Libdems “NOT IN MY BACK YARD” attitude to affordable housing in Wellington New LibDem Leader of the Taunton Deane Borough Council, Cllr Ross Henley, is trying to cancel a major affordable housing project of 23 homes for Wellington because it is planned for his Ward. We have a waiting list for homes across the Deane in excess of 3,000 families, 605 of which want houses in Wellington, even thinking about doing this is a crass and amazingly stupid act…. more |
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Executive Appointed at Taunton Deane Borough Council Ross Henley, Liberal Democrat Leader at Taunton Deane Borough Council (TDBC) has at last announced his Executive to run the Council. It includes two Somerset County Councillors who voted at County Hall for the abolition of TDBC… more |
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Conservatives will work in the best interest of the people Conservatives have been considering the best way forward now we have a hung Council. We would have happily worked with the Independents to continue running the Council but this has proven impossible. On the other hand we do not feel there is any basis for trust or integrity to form a working alliance with the Liberal Democrat Group…. more |
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Contact us: Taunton Deane Conservative Group 20a Staplegrove Road Taunton Somerset TA1 1DQ
Telephone: 01823 286106 Email: Click here to go to our contact form |
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