It was an honour to meet the King and Queen at a reception for new MPs. His Majesty asked about the effectiveness of constituency casework and I was delighted to reassure him that I am able to secure positive changes for North Durham residents by taking up their cases.

Re-f-use Cafe Chester-le-Street
It was fantastic to pop into Re-f-use Cafe on Front Street earlier today and chat with the volunteers about their amazing work. Re-f-use...