D&S column: Richmond panto and Santa Run fun 22nd December 2017 AS we all wind down for the holiday I trust you, your families and friends are looking forward to a happy and relaxing Christmas. The build-up can be frantic... Articles
D&S column: seeing how Universal Credit is working 15th December 2017 MUCH has been written and said about the introduction of the Government’s new welfare payment Universal Credit. It is the biggest shake-up of our benefits... Articles
D&S column: shop local this Christmas 11th December 2017 With Christmas looming ever closer, I am sure many of us will have gone online to do at least part of our festive shopping. With time being so precious in the... Articles
D&S column: The Budget balancing act 1st December 2017 WITH the benefit of a week to consider the Budget, I think the Chancellor did a good job in balancing two objectives: bringing down the deficit while investing... Articles
D&S column: broadband roll-out continues 26th November 2017 The seventy or so souls who live in the hamlet of Ellerton-on-Swale would never consider themselves as living in a particularly remote part of North Yorkshire... Articles
D&S column: Commons business that we can all support 17th November 2017 AMID all the sound and fury surrounding this week’s debating of the EU Union (Withdrawal) Bill, it can be forgotten that much of the legislation MPs vote into... Articles
D&S column: transport key to unleashing North's economic potential 13th November 2017 IT MIGHT seem odd that an MP whose constituency is benefitting from more than £400m of Government spending on transport should take the same Government to task... Articles
D&S column: tackling energy costs 5th November 2017 THIS week’s first frost is a sharp reminder that the cold of winter is on its way along with the annual battle to keep our energy costs under control. While we... Articles
D&S column: some better health news 28th October 2017 WE have had some good news about local health services recently which given the current staffing challenges at the Friarage Hospital should rightly be... Articles