Loss of seat Friday, 5 July, 2024 The General Election Following the General Election, Ellie Chowns from the Green Party was elected as MP for North Herefordshire. Whilst we have been unsuccessful in defending the seat, Sir Bill has done a wonderful job during his 20 plus years as our MP. He has been a tireless advocate for our county and his achievements have been significant and numerous, not only helping many individuals as a... Articles
Herefordshire Council Tax 2022/23 4th March 2022 Council Tax setting – Council meeting 4th March 2022; why we will not support a higher Council Tax. Herefordshire Council is not Conservative controlled. The... Local News
Proposed New Taxi Regulations 1st March 2022 The Conservative Group is very concerned about some of the proposed changes that Green-led Herefordshire Council wishes to make to the terms and conditions for... Local News
Sir David Amess MP 15th October 2021 I am devastated to hear the news that my friend David Amess has been murdered. David was a colleague of mine for as long as I have been an MP, and I am... Media
Coalition Council ramps up Council tax.....AGAIN. 30th April 2021 Inflation 0.6% - except in Herefordshire – where the ever more costly doctrinaire Coalition Council has raised Council Tax by a whopping 4.99% - rather like 80%... Local News
Hereford car parking charges to rise and parking places to be cut. 26th March 2021 It’s official. The Coalition Council has confirmed in a very strongly worded reply to a member of the public that it cannot and will not commit to keeping... Local News
Changes ahead for rubbish collection? 12th February 2021 Watch this space. This Council Coalition of Cost appears to have grudgingly confirmed that the current contract for rubbish collection runs only until November... Local News
Bill Wiggin backs Access for All at Ledbury Train Station 15th November 2018 Bill Writes: "I fully support West Midlands Trains in their bid for funding to implement Access for All at Ledbury Train Station I have long campaigned for... Local News
Bill Wiggin MP Attends Ceremony For Munitions Workers 11th August 2017 Bill Wiggin, MP for North Herefordshire, attended a special presentation at Hereford Country Fair in which thirty-one women and one man who worked at munitions... Local News
What Boris Johnson’s proposed Brexit deal means 4th October 2019 As Boris Johnson has rightly said, we are coming out of the EU on October 31, come what may. MPs promised to respect the result of the referendum. More people... National News
Our education policy is improving the nation’s skills 4th October 2019 When Boris Johnson entered Number 10, one of his first acts was to get more money to our education system. That’s why we’re investing £14 billion in schools... National News
We’re ending low pay in work 3rd October 2019 People’s hard work and talents should be rewarded fairly. That has long been a key principle of Conservative government.We have made huge strides in the last... National News
This was what the Prime Minister said live at Conference 2nd October 2019 It’s great to be here in Manchester at the best attended conference for years, and I gather there was quite a lively mood last night in the hotel bars.And I... National News
Why we're ending Automatic Early Release for violent & sexual offenders 1st October 2019 The worst offenders should serve most of their sentence in prison. They should not be released after serving just half of their sentence automatically. National News