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
Wedmore Post Office Decision 19th July 2016 Today it has been announced that Wedmore Post Office is not going to move. Local News
James Heappey MP Weekly Column 14th July 2016 Politics has been on fast forward for the last few weeks. Referendum, resignations, a leadership race and the appointment of a new Prime Minister will have been... Local News
James Heappey MP Weekly Column 7th July 2016 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... Local News
James Heappey MP Weekly Column 30th June 2016 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... Local News
James Heappey MP Weekly Column 23rd June 2016 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... Local News
James Heappey MP Weekly Column 16th June 2016 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... Local News
CHEDDAR EU DEBATE CANCELLED 16th June 2016 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... Local News
James Heappey MP Weekly Column 9th June 2016 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... Local News
James Heappey MP House Magazine Column 9th June 2016 The Better Markets Bills has people salivating. Promoting competition, empowering the consumer and sticking it to big utility companies is the sort of thing... Local News