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Constituents of a certain age may remember the BBC children's television series Jackanory, in which an actor seated in an armchair read fables and tall tales. I...

Mark Jenkinson MP has launched a campaign to bring back Keswick Pool. When he was Deputy Leader of Allerdale Borough Council, he helped to secure a stay of...

MARK Jenkinson MP has welcomed the return of his Workington Skills Fair, with more than 50 exhibitors set to take part. Building on the success of last year’s...

Article published in the Times & Star, Thursday 1st February 2024 Dear Sirs, I didn’t intend to make a habit of writing, but I can't let another column of...

Mark Jenkinson MP has welcomed boosted broadband coverage in the Workington constituency following a hard-fought campaign and record levels of investment by the...

MARK Jenkinson has hit out at Cumbria’s two unitary authorities failing to learn the lessons of history after a move by the Labour and Liberal Democrat councils...

FOUR of Cumbria’s Conservative MPs have raised serious concerns about a local authority move to privatise waste services across Cumbria without public...

I was astounded by the shameless gaslighting, and brass-neck of Labour’s candidate for Whitehaven and Workington. In his recent column he talked about limited...

WORKINGTON MP Mark Jenkinson MP has thanked Cumberland Council for backtracking on its decision to charge chalet owners in Allonby full council tax. Chalet...