Shapps becomes President (of words)!
Local MP, Grant Shapps has been appointed honorary president of a new literary competition for school children to start in Welwyn Hatfield next year. The ‘Festival of Words’, run by Christ...

Shapps backs RDA’s September Ball
MP Grant Shapps recently visited Digswell Place Group Riding for the Disabled Association to hear about the progress they’ve made since his last visit and their exciting plans for the RDA Ball t...

Grant visits new Turning Point Hertsreach Centre
Local MP, Grant Shapps dropped by the new team at Hertsreach in Welwyn Garden City, to see the good work they are doing in helping people get over substance abuse problems and get their lives back on ...

Welwyn Hatfield now has most solar panels in the country
Grant Shapps last week visited Mr and Mrs Monk of Longmead, Hatfield to check out the 100th Welwyn Hatfield household to benefit from free installation of solar panels to cut down on energy costs for ...

MP tells two more firms to ‘Save New Barnfield’
Local MP Grant Shapps has met with two more shortlisted incinerator companies in a bid to save the New Barnfield site in Hatfield. The site is under threat from plans to build a waste treatment plant ...

Risen From the Ashes…Local Food and Drink Venue re-opens After Year Long Renovation Project
Welwyn Hatfield pub goers will be thrilled to hear that the Wellington in Welwyn is open for business again after a major restoration job. ‘The Welly’ as it is affectionately known, reo...

Shadow Housing Minister visits Hatfield homeless charity
Welwyn Hatfield MP Grant Shapps visited Hatfield housing and homeless charity Shelter in Queensway House, Hatfield on Friday. He was met by Shelter’s national Chief Executive Campbell Robb w...

Shapps tells waste companies: “Save New Barnfield”
MP Grant Shapps has presented his ‘Save New Barnfield’ petition – signed by 2,307 local residents – to the first of four shortlisted waste processing companies. The Managing Di...