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Rishi Sunak secures assurances about Northallerton Post Office access

Rishi Sunak has been given assurances about the quality of access arrangements should proposals to transfer Northallerton’s Post Office to the nearby branch of WH Smith go ahead. The Post Office announced last month that it had agreed in principle to transfer counter services from the building at t

D&S column: the role played by the young in Remembrance weekend

ONE of my family’s most treasured possessions is a ceramic poppy from the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red artwork created at the Tower of London in 2014 to mark the centenary of the start of the First World War. It has pride of place in the hallway of our home near Northallerton.

Government backing business to succeed, says Rishi Sunak

Government is backing business in the North-East and North Yorkshire to succeed, Richmond MP Rishi Sunak told a gathering of the region’s leading employers. Mr Sunak said the Government was committed to giving business and industry the tools it needed to continue growing. In a speech to the annual

D&S column: helping to end loneliness

IT is the simplest of pleasures that most of us take for granted – a cup of tea or a pint of beer, a snack perhaps and a good old natter. Catching up with local gossip, putting the world to rights – most of us do it and love it.

Bring the Red Arrows to RAF Leeming, says Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak MP has called for RAF Leeming to be the new home for the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team – the world-famous Red Arrows. The Richmond MP says the squadron – made up of pilots, engineers and support staff – would be an “ideal fit” for the North Yorkshire air base. The RAF is in the proces

Rishi Sunak praises village initiative to tackle isolation

Richmond MP Rishi Sunak dropped in at a village coffee morning established to bring people together and help combat loneliness. Mr Sunak visited the Welbury Coffee Morning in the village near Northallerton which was started just three months ago to help develop community spirit. The MP spent an ho

D&S column: Budget boost for local councils and the High Street

One of my jobs as Minister for Local Government is to make sure our councils have sufficient resources to pay for the care services vulnerable people in our community require, namely the elderly, people with disabilities and children in need. Most people don’t realise that

Rishi Sunak welcomes tightening of food hygiene regulations

The Government will change the law to ensure food outlets display their food safety ratings, following the intervention of Richmond MP Rishi Sunak. Mr Sunak wrote to ministers after discovering that while places serving food to the public in Wales and Northern Ireland have to display their 0-5 food

D&S column: use your pharmacist this winter

I come from an NHS family: my dad was a GP and my mum ran the local community pharmacy. During my teens I spent a lot of time helping my mum in the shop and dispensary.