Rishi has pledged to fight Labour’s tax on family farms unveiled in last week’s Budget.After visiting a family farm business near Northallerton, he said: “Labour’s decision to change Agricultural Property Relief (APR) underlines how little it knows about and understands British farming.”The MP discu
Rishi has marked the anniversary of Richmond’s landscape guardian by visiting one of its prize assets.He congratulated Richmondshire Landscape Trust during a visit to Westfields – one of the trust’s six parcels of land in and around the town.Twenty years ago this month, the Trust took over the manag
Rishi has backed the Wensleydale Railway’s efforts to repair the line into the heart of the Dales.The joined the heritage railway’s volunteers to see how work is progressing on the Return to Redmire project.The project aims to restore passenger services on the stretch between Leyburn and Redmire whi
Rishi has said how impressed he is by the work of Northallerton Samaritans as the branch celebrates its 60th anniversary.He called at the organisation’s base in Crosby Road to meet some of the 50 volunteers who help to provide the telephone listening support as part of the Samaritans nationwide serv
Rishi joined the team at the Friarage Hospital Maternity Centre to help celebrate its 10th anniversary as a midwife-led unit.The MP met members of the unit which has brought more than 2,000 healthy babies into the world in that time.He also congratulated the team members who recently tackled th
Rishi has joined forces with another Northern MP to call for a key road upgrade to go ahead..Rishi and Tim Farron, Lib-Dem MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale in Cumbria, have written to the Prime Minister to make the case for work on the A66 from Penrith to Scotch Corner.In the joint letter, the two MP
Rishi has heralded the work of a North Yorkshire primary school in helping its pupils be active.Michael Syddall Church of England Primary School has been recognised nationally for its efforts to encourage pupils to be physically active to promote wellbeing.During his visit to the Catterick Village s
Rishi has urged all those eligible to get their free winter flu vaccination and to make use of their local pharmacy for minor ailments.He called in to Well Pharmacy in Boroughbridge Road, Northallerton, to have and pay for his booked vaccination.This year the flu vaccination is free to those aged 65
I recently had the privilege of seeing inside a wonderful new facility for our area – its first inpatient hospice.Of course, Herriot Hospice Homecare (HHH) has been doing wonderful work in North Yorkshire for those with life-limiting illnesses and their families for many years.But as its name sugges
