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David Laws MP Calls On County Council To Reverse “Appalling” Cut To Carers’ Budget

David Laws, MP for Yeovil Constituency , has today criticised Somerset County Council for failing to inform the public that it will soon be cutting the Young Carers budget on which many carers, s... more

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David Laws MP Welcomes £3million Investment In A30 Carriageway

David Laws, MP for Yeovil Constituency , has today welcomed the announcement that Yeovil town centre will benefit from a cash injection of £3million of central Government money to fund a lo... more

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David Laws MP Signs Petition Against “Destructive” Cuts To Youth Services

David Laws, MP for Yeovil Constituency , has joined Somerset residents in signing a petition against “destructive” cuts to Somerset County Council-run Youth Services. The petitio... more

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David Laws MP Welcomes Reprieve For Merriott School Bus Service

David Laws, MP for Yeovil Constituency , has welcomed the policy reversal by Somerset County Council, which has today decided to maintain bus transport for the school children of Merriott.  ... more

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David Laws Mp Slams Council Bus Service Cuts That Will Leave Village “Isolated”

David Laws, MP for Yeovil Constituency , has today criticised bus service cuts proposed by Conservative Somerset County Council, warning that service reductions will leave residents in the villag... more

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David Laws MP Calls For Rethink On Youth Services Cut After Tory Council Vote Defeat

David Laws, MP for Yeovil Constituency , has today urged Somerset County Council to rethink its policy of drastically cutting youth services.   A council meeting today saw the Conservative-... more

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David Laws MP Opposes Plan To Axe Free Bus Places For Merriott Children

David Laws, MP for Yeovil Constituency , has today called on Somerset County Council to secure the future of school bus transport serving the village of Merriott.   Cuts to this service wo... more

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David Laws MP Calls For Renewed Effort To Improve Yeovil Train Services

David Laws, MP for Yeovil Constituency , has today called on Government to use a new Consultation to radically improve rail services for Yeovil residents.  The Consultation will seek views ... more

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DAVID LAWS CALLS ON SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL

David Laws, MP for Yeovil Constituency, has called on Conservative-controlled Somerset County Council to reverse its decision to drastically reduce funding for youth services, and warned that t... more

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DAVID LAWS WELCOMES SUPER-FAST

David Laws, MP for Yeovil Constituency, has welcomed the announcement that homes and businesses in Yeovil will have access to super-fast broadband provision by the end of 2012. The ann... more

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DAVID LAWS WELCOMES GOVERNMENT

David Laws, MP for Yeovil Constituency, has today welcomed the announcement in Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement that water bills for South West customers will be cut.  Th... more

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LAWS WELCOMES COURT DECISION

Yeovil MP David Laws has welcomed today’s court decision that Somerset County Council’s plans to shut libraries, including in South Petherton, are unlawful.  The ruling found a... more

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LAWS COMMENTS ON M5 ROAD ACCIDENT

Following Friday night’s road accident on the M5 in Somerset, David Laws, MP for Yeovil Constituency, said: “This was a deeply shocking accident, and all our thou... more

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LAWS TO OPEN LOCAL PRE-SCHOOL

David Laws, MP for Yeovil Constituency, will this week formally open Ladybirds Pre-School in the village of Barwick. The event will mark the formal opening of the former Barwick & ... more

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LAWS INVITES LOCAL GROUPS

  David Laws, MP for Yeovil Constituency , has this week invited charitable, voluntary and social enterprise organisations in the Yeovil area to participate in the Government’s efforts... more