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Last Friday, I organised a mental health summit so that stakeholders from around Somerset could meet to discuss the state of mental healthcare in the county. We...

It has been an extraordinary week. The result of the referendum will have brought great joy for some, sorrow for others and a worry about what comes next for...

The last two weeks have not been this country’s finest. Provoked or not, our football fans have been rioting in France; our political debate has stooped so low...

No matter what I think of the EU, I just cannot turn a blind eye to the gaping hole in the case for leaving: We have not seen the economic vision for life after...

Following the awful attack on Jo Cox MP today, both Vote Leave and Stronger In have suspended all campaigning and encouraged supporters not to participate in...

Having concluded last week that security is a bit of a red herring in the EU debate, I’m going to reach a very different conclusion in this week’s column on...

The Better Markets Bills has people salivating. Promoting competition, empowering the consumer and sticking it to big utility companies is the sort of thing...

Three New Cabinets Make Superfast Broadband Available To 401 Homes And Businesses In Brean

James Heappey welcomes £15 million in government funding to set up the National College for Nuclear headquartered in Somerset and Cumbria.