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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

This week, the Government published Britain's first Road Safety Strategy in over a decade, setting out the most far-reaching reforms to make our roads safer in a generation. The package will include advanced safety technologies for new cars, mandatory eyesight test for drivers over 70, a tightening of laws on drink driving, road safety education for local primary schools, a review of the MOT system, and updated guidance on local speed limits. As part of the publication, the G

621 people in the Selby and Kippax constituency will receive an uplift in their pensions thanks to a successful campaign led by local MP, Keir Mather. Yesterday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in the 2025 Budget that the government will pay out the surplus in the pension pot of former British Coal staff. Last year’s budget saw an uplift in pensions for a large proportion of mineworkers. This year, the Government goes further to end pension injustice for members of the Bri

A lot to reflect on from today's Budget! Some of the highlights include: 🏠 Every local family will get £150 off their energy bills from next April. 📈 Pensions will go up by 4.8%, meaning older people will get between £440 and £575 more each year. 🍏 Changes to eligibility for Universal Credit, lifting 350,000 children out of poverty. 😷 £400 million taken back from dodgy Covid contracts, handed out by the Tories to their mates. 🚄 Rail fares frozen for the first time in 30