James Heappey hosts RPA Roundtable for farmers in Wells Tuesday, 7 May, 2024 Wells MP James Heappey hosted a roundtable in the city with the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), to allow farmers to find out more about support available, and future policy plans in relation to the farming industry. More than 20 farmers attended the event, with presentations from the RPA, the Forestry Commission, Natural England and further representatives from the Department of Environment, Food and... Local News
James Heappey Weekly Column 11th June 2020 The death of George Floyd in the United States has brought racism into sharp focus on both sides of the Atlantic. Around the country, tens of thousands of... Local News
Wells MP James Heappey pays tribute to Chilcompton’s Private Leslie Bowen 5th June 2020 Wells MP James Heappey has requested a tribute to Private Leslie Bowen be made on his behalf ahead of D-Day 76 tomorrow (Saturday). The Commonwealth War Graves... Local News
James Heappey weekly column 21st May 2020 Unsurprisingly, the Government’s focus over the past few months has been Covid-19. It is of course the main effort and consumes a huge amount of ministerial... Local News
James Heappey Column 15th May 2020 After almost eight weeks of strict lockdown measures, it will be a relief for the vast majority of us that we are now able to enjoy a little more freedom in our... Local News
James Heappey weekly column 7th May 2020 I am sure I was not the only one to read with delight the story from the weekend encouraging us all to eat more meat, chips and cheese throughout this lockdown... Local News
James Heappey Weekly Column 30th April 2020 Following on from my last column, there have been developments in the response to Covid-19. NHS staff, builders, carpenters and architects, the armed forces and... Local News
James Heappey Weekly Column 23rd April 2020 For the last week nationally, we have seen a sustained plateauing and even reduction in the number of deaths caused by coronavirus. That is matched by equally... Local News
James Heappey weekly column 16th April 2020 This last week would have been the dream start to the season for the many local businesses in our visitor economy. The weather has been glorious, Somerset has... Local News
James Heappey weekly column 9th April 2020 There is no escaping that tackling Covid-19 is a challenge of almost unprecedented scale for this country in these times. Sitting on the various ministerial... Local News
