Mark Jenkinson MP has urged Cumberland Council to harmonise wage rates across the authority, as it transpires that the failure to do so is to lead to bin strikes later in the week, raising the prospect of extended strike action and waste piling up as we saw in 2019.
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Mark Jenkinson MP has welcomed more than £3m of additional Government funding to fix potholes in Cumberland.
The Government is investing a further £200 million to fix four million potholes across the country, improving road standards for drivers.
Pothole funding for Cumbria is the highest level e
A Grand National charity bet campaign supported by Workington MP Mark Jenkinson has raised over £13,500 for local charities across the UK.
Mark was one of 42 MPs and 3 MSPs who took part in this year’s initiative.
Regrettably my horse Sam Brown did not come through.
Mark Jenkinson MP is calling for local nominations for the 2023 Parliamentary Taxi and Private Hire Awards.
The annual event offers an opportunity for taxi or private hire drivers based within his Workington Constituency to be welcomed to the Houses of Parliament for the ceremony.
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Mark Jenkinson MP has today welcomed a report by Policy Exchange looking at school safeguarding in the context of a huge rise in the number of children, particularly young girls, identifying with gender distress.
The report is titled Asleep at the Wheel: An Examination of Gender and Safeguardi
Mark Jenkinson MP has called for a parliamentary debate on the cost of Labour councils.
The move comes after the new Cumberland Council had “abused a loophole” to impose what he described as a “devastating” 6.7% increase on his constituents in the Allerdale borough.
He told the Leader of the House
MARK Jenkinson MP has declared his support for the Government's new Illegal Migration Bill, ensuring those who enter the UK illegally are swiftly detained and removed.
On March 7th 2023, the Home Secretary introduced this ground-breaking Bill to the House of Commons, removing any incentive for some
MARK Jenkinson MP is joining forces with Conservative councillors to call on Workington Town Council to progress the purchase of The Ranch – securing it is a community asset in perpetuity.
MARK Jenkinson MP has written to Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove urging him to revisit council boundaries at the next opportunity, after the recent process to streamline local government in Cumbria was constrained by legislation to using the boundaries of existing districts.
Cumbria County Coun
