Weston’s MP John Penrose has welcomed a rare invitation from the Department of Transport’s Roads Minister, inviting North Somerset Council to focus more strongly on finding a solution to ever-worsening problems between Junction 20 and 21 of the M5. The letter comes just weeks after Government Inspectors sent North Somerset Council…
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‘The bobby on the beat’ is a policing catchphrase that’s so old it’s practically prehistoric. With good reason though; everybody worries about crime, and wants to be reassured by the sight of someone in uniform patrolling a street near their home or place of work. Even though Weston is one…
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Politicians have never had a great reputation. In most polls of occupations you’d like your children to enter, they rank somewhere between bankers, journalists and smallpox. And if you look at old-time newspaper caricatures, it’s been that way for centuries. But most MPs I meet, from every political party, do…
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Weston’s MP, John Penrose, has welcomed figures showing that Weston’s local schools will get significantly increased funding per pupil as he’s been demanding for years. Local schools will get an average 5.0% cash boost per pupil – one of the largest in the country – to an average of £4655…
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