I asked Policing Minister Brandon Lewis for a future police funding deal which takes account of the particularly challanges a rural force like North Yorkshire faces in tackling crime.
An ambitious initiative to launch a mobile, multi-purpose community hub on the Wensleydale Railway is on track for completion this Summer.
Work is progressing well on converting a former British Rail carriage into a versatile community space.
Volunteers from the Leeming Bar Residents’ Association
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 great deal of satisfaction from what this Government and its predecessor Coalition administration has done to make sure the person
RISHI Sunak MP is bringing a senior Government minister to his constituency to answer farmers’ questions about their industry.
Farming Minister George Eustice has accepted an invitation from the Richmond MP to attend the event in Leyburn next month.
Mr Eustice will attend a Q&A session at Wens
Two North Yorkshire MPs have urged Hambleton District Council to look favourably on requests for assistance from volunteer-run community libraries.
Kevin Hollinrake, MP for Thirsk and Malton, and Rishi Sunak, MP for Richmond, want the council to grant the new libraries additional bu
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 investigations, I called in at Hawes Auction Mart to speak to chairman Andrew Pratt about the big increases it and other marts face under the 20
A REPORT highlighting the potential of young farmers to drive the rural economy has been backed by MP Rishi Sunak.
Mr Sunak said young farmers were one of the keys to growth in rural Britain and the country ignored their enthusiasm at its peril.
The Richmond MP sponsored a Westminster reception to
Highways chiefs have agreed to make safety improvements to a dangerous junction on the A66 in North Yorkshire.
Highways England will make the changes to the New Lane junction at Ravensworth after the intervention of MP Rishi Sunak.
Ravensworth Parish Council had written to th
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 School battled it out in a discussion about what, if anything, should be done by the town counci
RISHI Sunak is to meet the chiefs of two banks to discuss branch closures in North Yorkshire.
Following HSBC's decision to close its Leyburn and Stokesley branches, and Yorkshire Bank's intention to close its Richmond branch, Mr Sunak is arranging the meetings in London with the banks' senior execu
