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The Minister for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries has announced that Skipton and Ripon will benefit from the Government’s recently expanded £28.4 million...

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has confirmed that the ‘Denton Park Estate’, ‘Ure Dales’ and ‘Heart of the Dales’ projects in Skipton and...

The Department for Health and Social Care has announced that additional funding will be released in the 2023/24 financial year for Airedale NHS Foundation Trust...

Theakston Brewery, a much-loved, independent brewing company founded nearly two hundred years ago and based in Masham, has welcomed the support for pubs set out...

On Friday, Julian visited Moorside Primary School to speak to pupils from years 5 and 6 about his role as an MP and answer their questions. After talking about...

November has been a busy month in Westminster and across Skipton and Ripon. It started with the welcome news that 7,000 households across Skipton and Ripon...

Recently, Julian visited Fishpond Wood and met Dr Peter and Michelle Brambleby, who run Whitewoods Wellbeing. The scheme offers outdoor therapeutic and...

Today, the Transport Secretary announced the biggest ever uplift in funding for local road improvements as part of the Government’s new £36 billion Network...

Julian Smith CBE MP met recently with the Manager of Skipton Business Improvement District, Sarah Howson, to get an update on their activities across Skipton...