Rishi Sunak

Nov 9, 2024 | darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk | Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak with volunteers at Leyburn’s new Community Shed I am big fan of the Men’s Shed movement. That’s the network of community workshops we now have in the UK where men can connect, socialise and create. They help to improve wellbeing, by combatting social isolation and loneliness, bringing people together to make, repair and repurpose often for the benefit of their local communities.

Oct 30, 2024 | thetimes.com | Rishi Sunak

Taxes up, borrowing up, inflation up: growth downgraded. Not my verdict on the budget, but that of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility. Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves promised to deliver the fastest-growing economy in the G7. But their first budget does nothing to achieve that. Labour spent the election campaign saying that their plans were fully funded and that there would be no need for tax rises.

Oct 19, 2024 | darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk | Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak with HHH chief executive Tony Collins at the Lambert in Thirsk I recently had the privilege of seeing inside a wonderful new facility for our area – its first inpatient hospice. Of course, Herriot Hospice Homecare (HHH) has been doing wonderful work in North Yorkshire for those with life-limiting illnesses and their families for many years. But as its name suggests, that service has always been offered in people’s homes and not in a conventional hospice.

Oct 11, 2024 | thetimes.com | Rishi Sunak

Labour’s first 100 days in power have failed the country and not delivered the change it promised voters. But don’t take my word for it, take Keir Starmer’s. His decision to remove the chief of staff he personally recruited and then brought into No 10, and “reset” his Downing Street is a tacit admission that this government isn’t working. Starmer said he led a changed Labour Party.

Sep 21, 2024 | darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk | Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak at Hawes Auction Mart on Monday After almost two years of answering questions in the House every Wednesday lunchtime as Prime Minister, I now find myself asking them. Last week, on Back British Farming Day, I chose to raise the issue of food security with the Prime Minister. Specifically, I asked Sir Keir Starmer if he would commit to enshrining a national food security target in law. It is a principle on which I was proud to fight July’s general election on.