Westminster News

I want to encourage local employers to help young people into work by signing up to the Kickstart employment scheme. The £2 billion scheme has been designed to...

As MPs in a representative democracy, we are elected to use our judgements, collective and personal, not to simply act as a delegate for our constituents’ views...

As a result of the concerns raised by myself and other MPs and the food and farming sector, the Government has established a Trade and Agriculture Commission...

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement today will provide a massive boost to the hospitality and tourist sector across Thirsk and Malton which has been...

I am delighted that the pressure group Power for People has joined 187 MPs, including myself, to campaign for the Local Electricity Bill in Parliament. The Bill...

I am giving my full support to an energy efficiency programme which could support nearly three hundred jobs and cut household energy bills in the constituency...

I am delighted that the Prime Minister has announced that, from July 4th, we can reduce the two metre rule to one metre which means that thousands of businesses...

There’s some good news today for the 2.2 million people, including many in Thirsk and Malton, who have been shielding and who have been self-isolating for three...

Our area is blessed with some fabulous hostelries, which are so vital to our way of life and to our visitor economy. I am very hopeful that, from July 4th, the...