SEDGEMOOR District Council has won an award for a campaign which it says has led to £128million worth of community benefits for the areas surrounding Hinkley Point C.

The council’s fight for extra cash won CorpComms magazine’s Best Public Affairs Campaign.

The magazine said it was an example of “classic public affairs activity done well”.

Sedgemoor overcame competition from the Royal Mail and a campaign run by the Association of Residential Letting Agents to strength regulation in the sector.

Council leader Duncan McGinty said: “I am delighted that the hard work of Sedgemoor District Council in campaigning for community benefit has been recognised as an example of best practice by leading communications professionals.

“After five years of hard work we were able to secure a change in Government policy worth £128m to the community.

“It’s great to see the efforts of hundreds of people in the council and wider community acknowledged in this way, and I look forward to the next phase of our campaign, which is to secure community benefit during the construction phase of the project.”