Planning Minister Nick Boles MP return visit to Cumbria

Local MP Rory Stewart brought Planning Minister, Nick Boles MP, to
Cumbria for his second trip in a month to promote Upper Eden's
Neighbourhood Plan referendum. Upper Eden will be the first community
in the country to vote for their own neighbourhood...

MP urges people to get involved in Torchlight 2013 parade
MP Tim Farron is urging people to get involved in the Kendal Torchlight Team 2013 to make sure the event takes place this year and is sustained. The K...
Pedal power with a difference to launch 2013 English Tourism Week in Eden
Rory Stewart MP and invited guests from the region’s tourism industry will be cycling effortlessly around part of the Eden Valley on Friday 8 March du...
MP welcomes manufacturing jobs for South Lakes
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed an announcement by Business Secretary Vince Cable that £239,000 will be invested to help boost advanced manufac...
Council agrees budget to protect services, support the economy and invest in...
The Council last night (21 February 2013) agreed a budget. This includes not only a balanced budget but also additional investment in the local econom...
Cumbria MPs launch tourism & business cross party group
Following the success of 'Cumbria Day' held in Westminster, the six Cumbrian MPs - Rory Stewart MP, Tim Farron MP, John Stevenson MP, John Woodcock MP...
MP calls for quicker action on "Common land"
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on the Government to take action to help farmers who have part of their farm wrongly labelled as ‘common land’. T...
MP campaigns for superfast broadband for Shap
Rory Stewart MP continued his campaign supporting local constituents in their fight for better rural broadband when he joined broadband activists in Shap on Friday, assisting their campaign to drum...
Go Outdoors for be adventure learning
Local MP Rory Stewart on Saturday attended the launch event at Penrith's Go Outdoors centre for a new adventure learning organisation which will help young people complete their Duke of Edinburgh...
Planning minister visits Eden Valley projects
Rory Stewart MP welcomed Minister for Planning, Nick Boles MP who visited both the Upper Eden Neighbourhood Development Plan (UENDP) area and the Lyvennet Community Trust's affordable housing...
MP wants to hear from farmers still waiting for payments
Local MP Tim Farron is calling on farmers from across the South Lakes to get in touch if they have not received their single farm payment from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), so that he can step in...