Meetings are planned with representatives of Ripon and Harrogate Borough Council, Local Economic Partnerships and Julian Smith Conservative MP for Skipton and Ripon, and a Future of Claro group is to be formed.

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Julian Smith, Conservative MP for Skipton and Ripon, expressed his disappointment at the proposals.

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Julian Smith, MP for Skipton and Ripon, said the town's latest efforts demonstrated an "entrepreneurial spirit".

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But Julian Smith, the Conservative MP for Skipton and Ripon, said the government had now changed its mind.

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