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MARK Jenkinson MP has asked Sir Keir Starmer and the leader of Cumberland Council to put on record their support for West Cumbria’s new coking coal mine. The...

The Curtain Has Only Just Gone Up "SOME people say that local government reform isn't working for Cumbria - but the truth is it isn't finished, the curtain has...

MARK Jenkinson MP is calling on Cumbria’s two unitary authorities to formally request a boundary review for the Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness councils...

MARK Jenkinson MP has called for urgent action to reopen Cockermouth amid claims Cumberland Council is “killing” the town in the run up to Christmas. His...

MARK Jenkinson MP has welcomed the opening Maryport’s first Banking Hub today (24th November) which he has helped to secure. The new service on Senhouse Street...

MARK Jenkinson MP has welcomed news that railway ticket offices across the Workington constituency will remain open. The Department for Transport has this week...

LET'S talk about the elephant in the room - a white elephant at that. I am talking, of course, about HS2. I have heard a few grumblings about the scrapping of...

Mark Jenkinson MP has written to Cumberland Council urging them to make use of Government funding to subsidise bus services. He has written to Denise Rollo...

Article in Times & Star (19th October 2023) responding to false claims made by an opposition candidate for Penrith and Solway. Dear Editor, I am occasionally...