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Hambleton District Council is one of five North Yorkshire councils to have won £196,000 from the Ministry of Defence to strengthen the delivery of the Armed...

Today, I met with the Exchequer Secretary, Andrew Jones MP, to make the case for the additional monies we need for the A64 – that’s an extra £115m, so £250m in...

I was shocked to hear some of the stories from people living in Kirby Misperton on BBC Radio York today. They talked about being bullied, intimidated...

It was an honour to host a Living Wage event in Parliament today and I was pleased to see so many of my colleagues there. The good news is that we have 3600...

I have today been reassured by the Environment Agency (EA) that an unpleasant odour in Kirby Misperton village was not a gas leak, but the result of a cleaning...

I paid a visit to Kirby Misperton today to meet both representatives from Third Energy and the protestors. I was shown the site and took the opportunity to re...

I welcome Theresa May’s announcement that the Government will not apply the Local Housing Allowance cap to supported housing. I had been urging the Government...

In a debate in the House today, I made it clear that Universal Credit does have my full support, but there needs to be some refinements. I think it's imperative...

I was pleased to have the opportunity in the House today to invite the Secretary of State for Defence to condemn those who want us to withdraw from NATO and...