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New powers to ensure water dividends linked to environmental performance.

The water regulator, Ofwat, has updated licences to ensure water companies take account of their environmental performance before paying out dividends.

Posted byhkcaMarch 27, 2023Posted inNewsTags:Boroughbridge, Harrogate, Knaresborough, News, Villages

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.

Posted byhkcaMarch 24, 2023March 24, 2023Posted inNewsTags:Boroughbridge, Harrogate, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, Villages

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.

Posted byhkcaMarch 24, 2023Posted inNewsTags:Boroughbridge, Harrogate, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, Villages

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.

Posted byhkcaMarch 22, 2023Posted inNewsTags:Boroughbridge, Harrogate, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, Villages

“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.

Posted byhkcaMarch 21, 2023March 22, 2023Posted inNewsTags:Boroughbridge, Harrogate, Knaresborough, Villages

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.

Posted byhkcaMarch 21, 2023Posted inNewsTags:Boroughbridge, Harrogate, Knaresborough, Villages

March’s View from Westminster.

Andrew Jones writes a monthly column for the Advertiser series of newspapers. Below is the March article.

Posted byhkcaMarch 20, 2023Posted inNewsTags:Boroughbridge, Harrogate, Knaresborough, Villages

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.

Posted byhkcaMarch 17, 2023Posted inNewsTags:Harrogate

The spring budget: MP’s response.

Today (15 March) the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, unveiled his Spring Budget.

Posted byhkcaMarch 15, 2023March 16, 2023Posted inNewsTags:Boroughbridge, Harrogate, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, Villages

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. 

Posted byhkcaMarch 14, 2023Posted inNewsTags:Boroughbridge, Harrogate, Knaresborough, Villages

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