• Greens celebrate after town council success

  By Yeovil People at 09:00 on 11/05/11

  

  The Green Party is celebrating after five candidates were elected to town councils in Somerset. Martin Bailey has been elected as the first-ever Green on Yeovil Town Council and is now the only non-Liberal Democrat among the 24 town councillors. Four Greens have joined the town council in Glastonbury. Local party spokesman Ben Hartshorn said: "Across the South West, Greens have increased their vote, with gains in Bristol and South...

• Report into MP Laws’ expenses to be published this week

  By Yeovil People at 09:00 on 09/05/11

  

  The long-awaited report into Yeovil MP David Laws' expenses is due to be published this week. Several Sunday newspapers reported that the Liberal Democrat former Treasury Chief Secretary will be severely criticised after a year-long inquiry into his second home expenses. The Mr Laws, 45, resigned last May, after the revelation that he had claimed more than £40,000 of taxpayers' money to pay to his secret gay partner James...

• Nick Clegg ‘should quit’ after losses

  By Yeovil People at 09:00 on 08/05/11

  

  wdnews@bepp.co.uk Nick Clegg last night faced calls to quit as Liberal Democrat leader after the party took a hammering in the local elections. It lost control of a series of councils in its West Country heartland along with scores of seats – while coalition partners the Conservatives were almost unscathed. And with his dream of changing the voting system also in tatters, Mr Clegg has been left facing the toughest battle...

• Poet’s resting place becomes election issue

  By Yeovil People at 09:00 on 03/05/11

  

  A row involving a place of pilgrimage could play a part in the political make-up of one Somerset council after Thursday's elections. South Somerset District Council is a long-term Liberal Democrat stronghold, but party chiefs admit the coalition is a major issue on the doorsteps and may see voters turn their back on the party. The council's draft core strategy is another issue. It envisages an urban extension of Yeovil stretching out...

• Parish meeting

  By Yeovil People at 11:00 on 21/04/11

  

  THE annual parish meeting for Brympton, Yeovil, will be held on Wednesday at the Abbey Community Centre at 7.30pm. Brympton Parish council will give its annual report and there will be an update on the Larkhill Open Space project.

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