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Former Conservative MP and Deputy Council Leader, Mark Jenkinson, has expressed deep concern over a recent Labour Government announcement to abolish the Rural...

Bus passengers across Penrith and Solway could lose vital services, if a 50 per cent fare hike goes ahead, a former MP has warned. Under plans announced by the...

Sir, I am delighted to hear from one of our new MPs that Cumberland Council are now in favour of having an elected mayor for Cumbria. This would complete our...

New figures show for the first time that the parents of 230 pupils in Penrith and Solway will have to pay Labour’s Education Tax from January next year. Ahead...

OLDER people who have worked all their lives will receive more support than ever before across Cumbria as outlined in a series of Conservative manifesto pledges...

MARK Jenkinson has welcomed a Conservative pledge to protect drivers from Labour tax hikes and draconian measures similar to those imposed by the mayor of...

MARK Jenkinson has welcomed a raft of Government measures to boost food security in Penrith and Solway, and across the UK. The comments from the Conservative...

The last few years have been tough. No one can pretend otherwise. We have weathered Covid, and we continue to deal with the instability caused by war in Ukraine...

MARK Jenkinson MP has expressed hope that there may be light at the end of the tunnel for West Cumbria’s long-awaited coking coal mine. His comments come after...