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 21st September 2017 Last week I launched a report in Parliament on the future of our gas grid. It followed an enquiry I’d been co-chairing with Alan Whitehead from the Labour Party... Local News
James Heappey MP Weekly Column 14th September 2017 As we sit on social media in front of the TV in the evenings, we feel like we are better connected to our friends and colleagues than we’ve ever been before. In... Local News
ARTICLE: We need to re-skill and change career more often 10th September 2017 None of the four largest companies on earth existed when my parents left school. Two of them didn’t exist when I started secondary school and the seventh... Local News
James Heappey Weekly Column 7th September 2017 Like many families this weekend, we were checking that school uniforms (and suits!) would still fit and I was trying to remember in which ‘safe place’ I’d left... Local News
James Heappey Weekly Column 24th August 2017 It was disappointing to hear that Wells’ bid to be the UK City of Culture has not made the shortlist. This is absolutely no reflection of the work that went... Local News
James Heappey Weekly Column 17th August 2017 The big idea on healthcare is that politicians have been removed from the process through which our health services are designed and that clinicians are... Local News
James Heappey Weekly Column 10th August 2017 I’m sure that there will have been hundreds of column inches already turned over to the debate around Justin Gatlin and whether his gold medal at the world... Local News
