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First of all, an enormous thank you to everyone who placed their trust in me last Thursday. I am humbled by your support and am grateful to have been given the...

During a busy Friday last week, in between packed surgeries in Richmond and Great Ayton, visits to Richmond School and Bedale High School, I popped into Boots...

Four years ago, as a backbench MP, I stood on the steps of No 10 Downing Street with a group of primary school pupils and their headteacher. The pupils from our...

THERE’S a lot been going on in Westminster this week – and I’m not just talking about the climate change protests and the ongoing Brexit preparations and...

I MADE my debut as a speaker on the main stage of my party’s conference this week to talk about our public services. Along with my ministerial colleagues, the...

One of the most inspirational moments of my summer was spending time with a group of young people who had decided to spent part of their holiday improving the...

I very much welcome the opening of the consultation into the changes to emergency services at our much valued and loved local hospital - the Friarage. It is, of...

Standing in the middle of Reeth showfield on Monday, it was hard to believe that only three-and-a-bit weeks previously I had stood almost on the same spot...

There are not many jobs where you can be ‘interviewed’ for the post at ten o’clock in the evening and then start work immediately afterwards. That’s what...