Safety campaigners and Rishi Sunak MP have welcomed continued work to improve safety on the A19 in North Yorkshire.

More works are to take place to close dangerous central reservation gaps and make junctions safer on the busy dual carriageway between Teesside and the A1.

You would think that a body that had made grants of £10m to local organisations in our area in recent years would be pretty well known.

But I am fairly sure that most of you will never have heard of the Two Ridings Community Foundation.

Until quite recently I hadn’t either.

Progress at a new North Yorkshire community pub venture has been checked out by its first investor - Rishi Sunak.

The Richmond MP was the first person to buy a share in the Exelby Green Dragon Community Pub venture near Bedale last year.

With Appleby Horse Fair less than a month away, I know many communities in the constituency will be wondering what the annual trek of travelling folk to the event in Cumbria might mean for them.

I do hope as many of you as possible exercised your democratic right yesterday in electing people to represent us on our local councils.

Rishi Sunak MP has welcomed a Government decision to spend around £2.5m to make Northallerton Station fully accessible.

Northallerton is one of 73 railway stations around the country to benefit from the Government’s £300m Access for All Fund.

A new community minibus has taken to the roads around Bedale and I recently had the privilege of sending it on its way.

The Friarage Hospital's Medical Director Dr Adrian Clements answers Rishi Sunak's questions about the changes to emergency services at the hospital

One of my responsibilities as the Minister for Local Government is looking after a Government programme to help families facing some of the most difficult problems.

A new community minibus has taken to the road in Bedale thanks to grant aid and with the support of local MP Rishi Sunak.

Mr Sunak performed the official launch duties for the new 14-seater vehicle run by Bedale Community Minibus, a registered charity.