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One of the privileges of being the MP for this area is seeing the tremendous support given to the people in our community who need help to achieve their full potential in life.

Rishi has toured the Thornborough Henges, near Bedale, one of the UK’s most important prehistoric sites.

Known as the “Stonehenge of the North”, the Henges complex consists of three giant circular earthworks – known as henges – each one more than 200m in diameter.

Rishi has visited a café which supports the UK’s Armed Forces.

He called into the new NAAFI Café at Catterick Garrison to meet staff and customers, many of them Veterans.

Rishi has seen development work which will improve services for adults with learning or physical disabilities.

Rishi saw talented youngsters perform their winning routines during his visit to a Catterick Garrison primary school.

The MP watched the final stages of the annual talent show at Le Cateau Community Primary School and presented the prizes to the winners.

Rishi called into a unique new business in Leyburn to pick up treats for the family dog Nova.

The MP stopped at The Dales Dog Deli in the Market Place to met owner Steve Benson and select some deli delights for the Sunak family pet – a two-year-old fox red Labrador retriever.

Rishi has met a group of upland farmers to get their views on the transition to the new support payments system.

He met members of NFU Leyburn and the Swaledale Sheep Breeders’ Association at Matt Barker’s farm in Swaledale.

Rishi joined villagers to celebrate the re-opening of a village pub after a 15-year closure.

The Travellers Rest community pub at Skeeby, near Richmond, finally opened its doors on Friday after a long campaign to purchase and refurbish the building.

As a proud Member of Parliament for one of the most rural constituencies in our country, I know how tough things have been for our farming communities, not least with spiralling costs and the transition to new schemes.

Rishi has praised the volunteers who create a community hub in a Methodist Church six days a week.

The Hub at Hutton Rudby operates from the village’s Methodist Church Monday to Saturday providing a focal point for the community.