PRIME Minister Theresa May is in Somerset today to visit the The Royal Bath and West Show. 

PM May has been spotted enjoying some cheese alongside Conservative candidate for Wells James Heappey and taking in the atmosphere with Yeovil candidate Marcus Fysh at the event in Shepton Mallet. 

The Prime Minster addressed promises of a controversial fox-hunting vote, the loss of grants for local governments, and the new formula for school funding during a visit to Somerset.

Theresa May toured the Royal Bath and West Show in Shepton Mallett with local MPs Marcus Fysh, James Heappey and David Warburton today (May 31), before addressing members of the press.

She said: “It is great to see people having a great time and enjoying themselves while learning about farming.

“I never predict election results but I know they have all done a good job for their constituents.

“It is a choice about who people want to see leading this country, whether that is me or Jeremy Corbyn.”

Mrs May discussed her plans to hold a vote on whether to allow fox-hunting to take place again.

She said: “We are committed to delivering a vote which will be a free vote for MPs and we are committed to delivering it at some stage in this parliament. I have grown up with fox hunting, I was brought up in the countryside and I have always supported fox hunting.”

Last year, then-council leader John Osman wrote to the PM saying that Somerset County Council has been “chronically underfunded” for decades, and begged for her to “stop the austerity plans that will see all Central Government grants to councils cease by 2020.”

But Mrs May has showed no signs of backing down on county council funding, insisting that local government will be able to raise the money they need using new features like the social care precept and changes to business rate funding.

She added: “There are a number of changes taking place which are designed to give councils the ability to raise the money they need from the means they find appropriate.

“For example, we are giving them the opportunity to put more money into social care with the three per cent precept.”

The Prime Minster also said no school will lose ‘in cash terms’ under the fairer funding system, and committed to dualling the A303.

She said: "We are committed to upgrading the A303. We have people looking at particular schemes, but you can be absolutely certain we are committed to upgrading the A303.

"We recognise the importance of connectivity, the importance of infrastructure to the economy and for people. That's why we have that commitment to upgrade the road.

"What we are going to do is put record levels of funding into schools, and we will have fairer distribution of funding.

"Some places get twice as much funding. The funding system will be a fairer one and no school will lose out in cash terms."

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