Somerset MPs David Warburton, MP for Somerton and Frome and Rebecca Pow, MP for Taunton Deane joined Matt Warman MP, Minister for Digital and Broadband and at a meeting in Yeovil to discuss the latest position regarding the Building Digital UK (BDUK) Superfast Programme in Somerset and Devon.

South West police forces will recruit 423 new officers in the first wave of a 20,000 uplift

9th October, 2019 - - David Warburton, MP for Somerton and Frome, has welcomed the announcement today by Home Secretary Priti Patel MP of ambitious new police recruitment targets across the UK. 

David Warburton, MP for Somerton and Frome, has been appointed co-chair to the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Adult Social Care in Westminster.

Charities and small businesses in Frome have been given a digital skill boost with a free training event hosted by Lloyds Banking Group.

David Warburton, MP for Somerton and Frome, is campaigning to call on H.M Treasury to freeze or lower duties on small vineyards.

Over the last few weeks, an enormous number of people have been in touch to offer views on the leadership election the Conservative Party - and by extension, the country - is facing. As ever, I'm terribly grateful for the time so many have taken to share their assessments of the situation.

Over the last couple of months, as ever, I’ve received many thousands of emails on this subject representing every possible shade of opinion and drawing every conceivable extrapolation from election results, valedictory statements, whispers emerging from EU corridors and now, the pronouncements o

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Music which I chair reaching 100 members is a significant achievement and a fabulous milestone for the group. That’s a 270% increase in membership since 2017 and is now one of the largest APPGs in Parliament.

Attending Mells Daffodil Festival and talking to Critchill School & Collier Court special needs day care about the accessible Social Therapeutic Horticulture Garden and community café coming soon to Mells' fabulous Walled Garden.

SOMERSET MP MAKES PROGRESS WITH RIVERS AUTHORITIES BILL

A Private Members’ Bill to help secure the future of Somerset Rivers Authority, and give local people more powers to tackle flooding, is making progress in Parliament.