MPs welcome progress on their A19 safety campaign My neighbouring parliamentary colleague, Rishi Sunak and I have welcomed further progress on making the A19 in North Yorkshire a safer road. Following...
£8 million safety improvements underway on the A64 As the lead campaigner to improve safety on the A64, including a dual carriageway between Hopgrove and Barton le Willows, I welcome the £8m planned works which...
RVA Surveyors are charlatans I took the opportunity to launch a scathing attack on RVA Surveyors who are a group of conmen who prey on unsuspecting business people and defraud them of tens...
My campaign to dual the A64 moves up a gear The campaign I am leading to dual the A64 has moved a step closer to success this week. Highways England confirmed that a number of options to improve the...
Your chance to support your local I’d like to encourage publicans and pub lovers across the constituency to take part in a Pubs APPG inquiry into how to support them post pandemic. The All Party...
More safety improvements planned for A19 Plans to improve safety on two further sections of the A19 are very welcome indeed. Highways England is at the detailed design stage at Link 9, A172 (Tontine)...
Rural mobile coverage to be extended across Thirsk and Malton Following a campaign I led in Parliament I am delighted that the UK’s four mobile network operators are to expand 4G coverage in Thirsk and Malton. This will...
Fighting to keep Pickering’s Hungate Centre for Community use I shall continue to challenge the legal basis upon which the RVS (Royal Voluntary Centre) plans to sell off Hungate Centre in Pickering. The RVS took over as...
It’s time to abolish business rates Today I introduced a Ten Minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons which would bring an end to business rates and replace the revenue with a small increase in...
Joining the Levelling Up Taskforce for a fairer economy I have joined a group of 30 Conservative MPs to help spearhead the Government’s “levelling up” agenda. The Levelling Up Taskforce represents seats all around...
Food standards will not be lowered in future trade agreements I do understand that there is a good deal of concern about this. As I have said many times the Government has been clear that in all of our trade negotiations...