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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...

Like the eight million people who visit the North York Moors National Park every year, I love the unique landscape of flat-topped heather-clad uplands and deep...

AS the parent of two young girls, the possibility that their happy childhoods might conceivably be blighted by mental health problems is a painful prospect...

‘We’re all getting older’ is one of those statements-of-the-blindingly-obvious we tend to use in a whimsical moment. But, it is even truer than we might think...