Selby and Kippax

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