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Like everyone else in the Selby area, I’ve been incredibly concerned by the unfolding conflict in Iran this past month. My thoughts have been with all of those impacted, including those British service personnel called into action for defensive measures, civilians facing airstrikes and the horrors of war, and British citizens in the region. I thought I would use my column this month to reflect on the position the British Government has taken, and to reaffirm my support for th

STATEMENT ON SEND REFORMS - Wednesday 25th February 2026 Each family has a different story to tell - but everyone who has navigated the SEND system in recent years knows that it is broken. This week, the government published its proposals to reform this broken system. I wanted to say something about the reforms because SEND has been a top priority for me as MP and I know how much it matters to many families in Selby and Kippax. I’m aware that for lots of local families the id

Selby MP Keir Mather has broken ground on the new Selby SEND School located in Osgodby, North Yorkshire. South View Academy will offer specialist teaching for 100 children, aged 3-19 with special education needs (SEND). The school will be run by the Wellspring Academy Trust, which currently runs 33 schools across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Funding for the school was initially promised in 2019 but, under the previous Conservative Government, faced years of delays. Since being

Selby MP Keir Mather visited York Hospital last week, and met with Clare Smith, the new Chief Executive of York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust who joined the organisation in November. It follows positive news about falling NHS waiting lists, which now stand at their lowest level since 2023. Mr Mather, many of whose Selby constituents rely on York Hospital, visited the site both to hear from the new Chief Executive about her plans for the Hospital, and to represe

This is my first column of this year, so I’d like to take the chance to wish everyone a happy new year. December feels like a lifetime ago, but it’s not too late to give a special shoutout to Gethin from Athelstan Primary in Sherburn, who won my Christmas card competition and whose design appeared on the front of my card. It was a real joy to host Gethin and his family down in Westminster, where I gave them a tour of Parliament and introduced them to the Speaker of the House

This week, the Department for Education has confirmed that two Selby schools will be included in the next phase of the Labour government’s free breakfast club programme. The two primary schools - Barwic Parade Community Primary School and Selby Community Primary School - were supported by their local MP to secure the government funded breakfast provision. Keir Mather MP wrote to the Education Secretary in December to submit his support for the two applications. In 2024, Keir