Articles

Amid the sound and fury in Westminster in recent days and weeks, the day to day work of Government has continued - as it must. Policy changes that may not make...

On one of my regular busy constituency Fridays a while ago I met a group of parents at the Dales School in Morton-on-Swale, near Northallerton. As many of you...

I hope you, your families and friends had great Christmas and New Year celebrations. For my first column of 2019 I am returning to a subject dear to my heart –...

AS you plan your Christmas table this year, I hope you will try to ensure that as much of your festive fare is locally-produced and sourced as possible. We are...

In my role as Local Government Minister, I recently launched a £1m Pocket Parks programme designed to help create new green spaces or refurbish existing ones...

The Christmas season is now well and truly upon us and our local High Streets and Market Places are looking good after the big-switch on events and festive...

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...