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In my job as Minister for Local Government I talk to lots of people making important decisions about our everyday lives. In many cases, those decisions – such...

ONE of my family’s most treasured possessions is a ceramic poppy from the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red artwork created at the Tower of London in 2014 to...

IT is the simplest of pleasures that most of us take for granted – a cup of tea or a pint of beer, a snack perhaps and a good old natter. Catching up with local...

One of my jobs as Minister for Local Government is to make sure our councils have sufficient resources to pay for the care services vulnerable people in our...

I come from an NHS family: my dad was a GP and my mum ran the local community pharmacy. During my teens I spent a lot of time helping my mum in the shop and...

From the outside, the small, boxy unit on a Northallerton industrial estate looks nothing special. Apart from some discreet signage, there’s little to suggest...

AN elderly friend recently asked me to help them renew their passport. Of course, I was happy to help but I confess my heart sank. I remembered the last time I...

I was delighted with the response to my Older Persons’ Fair held last Wednesday in Northallerton. Shortly after opening at 10am the Golden Lion’s Yorkshire...

ON my many visits to schools in the constituency, I often enjoy jokingly comparing our local pupils’ behaviour with that of my MP colleagues in some of the more...