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IT was just after 2.40 last Wednesday afternoon when the division bells rang at Westminster. The bells summon MPs to vote and wherever they are on what’s known...

I WAS hugely encouraged by my question and answer session last week at Leyburn with Agriculture Minister George Eustice. Wensleydale RUFC’s refurbished...

WE all know young people who have made the wrong career choice at the start of their adult lives. Whether it is finding themselves on an unsuitable course in...

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...