Rishi meets Middleham trainer to discuss Government plans to increase betting tax on horseracing Friday, 19 September, 2025 Rishi met leading Middleham trainer Jedd O’Keefe and his wife Andrea, who works in the industry, to discuss Government plans to increase the tax on betting on horseracing. The meeting came on the same day the sport staged its first ever nationwide shutdown, branded ‘Racing Cancelled’, to highlight the risks posed by the proposals. The Government is considering increasing the tax on horseracing... Local News
BBC Daily Politics: Brexit and funding university education 10th July 2017 Debating Brexit and how to fund university education with Labour MP Chukka Umanna. Presenter Jo Coburn is in the chair Media
D&S column: what's at stake at the Friarage Hospital 10th July 2017 THE Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, has occupied much of my time in recent days as staffing challenges facing the hospital in critical care and anaesthetics... Articles
A good post-Brexit deal for British farmers 6th July 2017 RICHMOND MP Rishi Sunak said he remained confident that the UK would secure a brighter future for British farming when the country left the EU. Speaking at a... Farming
Friarage A&E crisis raised in Parliament by Rishi Sunak 5th July 2017 A recruitment crisis which threatens the A&E department at the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, has been raised in the House of Commons by Richmond MP Rishi... Healthcare
Friarage Hospital: fighting for emergency care services 5th July 2017 I raise the crisis in recruitment of doctors for the A&E department at the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, with Health Ministers. Minister Philip Dunne agreed... Speeches in Parliament
D&S column: looking after our Armed Forces veterans 2nd July 2017 WITH the British Army’s biggest UK base and RAF Leeming at the heart of the Richmond constituency, the health and wellbeing of servicemen and women, past and... Articles
Rishi Sunak encourages more girls to take up careers in science and engineering 28th June 2017 MAKING a weight-bearing chair out of sheets of newspaper was the challenge for a group of North Yorkshire schoolgirls. Teams from four schools were set the task... Local News
Rishi Sunak obtains assurances from company over factory closure plan 28th June 2017 AN MP has contacted an employer proposing to close a factory in his constituency seeking assurances about employees who may lose their jobs. Rishi Sunak, MP for... Local News
D&S column; a sun-kissed weekend in the constituency 26th June 2017 A weekend of wall-to-wall sunshine was just what was needed for two great events in the North Yorkshire summer calendar. On Saturday, the Dales Festival of Food... Articles
