Penny Field: Some Protection at Last Monday, 20 October, 2025 'It's a huge win to have secured policy backing for the campaign to protect Penny Field. Whilst this is a victory, there's still more to be done.' - Councillor Smith Councillor Smith has secured an amendment, inside the approved Local Plan, to the development schedule for Penny Field. This places a requirement for any development to preserve an element of open space. Plus, the retained open space... Local News
Councillor Smith Working to Protect Penny Field 2nd October 2025 'It's a simple request for a minor change to policy which would empower nature recovery, the community and support proper river management which North Somerset... Local News
Clevedon Conservatives Working to Re-open the Miniature Railway 1st October 2025 Clevedon Conservatives have supported Clevedon Town Council to back its residents under North Somerset Council's Local Devolution Policy, where town and parish... Local News
West of England Combined Authority 26th September 2025 On the 16th September North Somerset Council voted to begin proceedings to scope out a proposal for joining the West of England Combined Authority (WECA)... Local News
Backwell Bus Lane 20th September 2025 I’m delighted to share that the proposed bus lane along the A370 in Backwell has officially been scrapped—a major win for everyone who uses this road and for... Local News
Conservative Councillors Demand Better by Amending the Parking Management Strategy 30th November 2024 We are against the implementation of parking charges. The Executive is determined to introduce them across Clevedon, Nailsea and Portishead and they are asking... Local News
North Somerset's Labour MP Votes to Cut Winter Fuel Payments for Pensioners 10th September 2024 Labour has voted to cut the Winter Fuel Payments for 10 million pensioners, and an expected 22,038 pensioners in North Somerset. I will be working with... Local News
Councillors object to Labour Governments plan to scrap Portishead Railway Scheme 30th July 2024 As the Conservative Councillors for North Somerset we are deeply disappointed that the Labour Government has pulled funding for the Portishead Railway. The... Local News
Canvassing in Wrington 21st October 2023 Canvassing in Wrington this morning with Dr Liam Fox MP and Annabel Tall. We are proud to announce Annabel as the Conservative Candidate for the Wrington by... Local News
Clevedon Conservative Councillors Submission to Seafront Review 30th September 2023 Clevedon Councillors (Chris Blades, Luke Smith and Michael Pryke) have written a joint submission to those conducting the review to the changes at Clevedon... Articles
It’s time to get Britain Working again 4th November 2025 Britain has stopped working, because for too many, it has stopped making sense to work. National News
Kemi: If Rachel Reeves puts up tax, give her the axe 30th October 2025 Kemi Badenoch challenges Starmer to remove Rachel Reeves if she puts up our taxes once again. National News
Conservatives force vote on scrapping Stamp Duty 29th October 2025 Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride leads the debate on scrapping stamp duty National News
Kemi demands answers on China Spy Case 13th October 2025 Keir Starmer can’t keep his story straight... National News
Kemi Badenoch closes Conference 8th October 2025 In her remarks closing Conference Kemi made one more major announcement National News
Conference Policy Announcements 8th October 2025 See the policies we've announced at Conference for a Stronger Britain National News