Articles

IN recent weeks I’ve spent a lot of time looking at the issue of business rates and how changes in the system will affect rural enterprises. As part of my...

THE highlight of my constituency week was attending a passionate and thought-provoking young people’s debate held in Leyburn. Two teams from The Wensleydale...

LATER this year the upgrade of the A1 between Leeming and Barton to motorway standard will be completed. Costing £380m, it will be one of the finest stretches...

AS an MP with recent and extensive experience of UK and global business before entering Parliament, I was keenly interested in the Government’s new industrial...

THE NHS has received a great deal of media attention recently with particular focus on the pressures facing A&E departments around the country. I’ve been...

IF you happen to be lucky enough to own a second home or rent out a holiday cottage in the Yorkshire Dales you could be forgiven for sometimes feeling you are...

IN my final column of the 2016 I would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas surrounded by your families and friends. At this very special time of the...

SOMETHING we take for granted in the Richmond constituency is how well integrated our communities are compared to some other parts of the UK. What good...

On my recent visit to the Royal Mail’s delivery office in Richmond it was amazing to watch the parcel sorting operation underway at the beginning of the...