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LIKE workplaces the world over, Monday conversations in Westminster often dwell on the events of the weekend. For MPs that means what they got up to in their...

SINCE the term Northern Powerhouse was first coined by the then Chancellor George Osborne in 2014, there has been some scepticism expressed about what it means...

AS MP for a constituency which is home to the largest military garrison in the UK, the welfare of servicemen and women is very close to my heart. So I take a...

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...