The water regulator, Ofwat, has updated licences to ensure water companies take account of their environmental performance before paying out dividends.
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Renew your passport early to beat the queues.
Following delays in passports being processed last year Andrew Jones MP is asking constituents to check their passports to ensure they are up-to-date for any planned trips abroad.
MP welcomes Government funding to boost heating efficiency and cut bills.
Harrogate and Knaresborough MP has welcomed a share of £1.4 billion of funding to boost heating efficiency and cut heating costs in homes across North Yorkshire.
National test of the UK Emergency Alerts service.
On Sunday 23 April 2023 there will be a national test of the UK Emergency Alerts service.
“Let’s mirror Ilkley’s bathing water status success”: Jones
Harrogate and Knaresborough MP, Andrew Jones, met with Ilkley MP Robbie Moore on the River Wharfe in Ilkley this week. The meeting was to discuss the factors that made Ilkley’s bathing water status application two years ago a success when some more recent applications have failed.
Commons passes hunting trophy ban.
MPs have passed a bill banning the import of hunting trophies from 6,000 endangered species including lions, elephants and rhinos.
March’s View from Westminster.
Andrew Jones writes a monthly column for the Advertiser series of newspapers. Below is the March article.
Local MP supports English Tourism Week.
Harrogate and Knaresborough MP, Andrew Jones, has today (17 March) visited the Mercer Gallery in Harrogate to show support for English Tourism Week.
The spring budget: MP’s response.
Today (15 March) the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, unveiled his Spring Budget.
Good news on local unemployment.
The latest unemployment figures for the Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency show that the local unemployment rate is around half the national rate.