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...

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...
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...
Cumbria MP demands fairer funding for rural communities
Following months of lobbying and campaign work, Rory Stewart, Penrith and the Border MP and Chair of the APPG on Local Democracy, has called on Govern...
Cumbria MP encourages Government to help local farmers
Local MP Rory Stewart last week encouraged Government to ensure a local official was present at an NFU meeting, organised to help farmers better under...
Cumbrian campaign for rural mobile service triumphs as OFCOM auction begins
Following a campaign led by Cumbrian MP, Rory Stewart, and with technology, pioneered by Cumbrian communities, OFCOM - the telecoms regulator - has no...
Rory Stewart guest speaker at Wordsworth Literary Festival
Rory Stewart MP was invited as a guest speaker to talk at the Wordsworth Trust Arts and Book Festival held in Grasmere - the place where the poet, Wil...
Cumbrian MP warns of threat to parish councils' income
Rory Stewart,  MP for Penrith and the Boarder, has in his capacity as Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Local Democracy warned that the Government’s plans for reforms to local...
Cumbrian MP visits busy postal workers
In the lead up to Christmas, Rory Stewart MP paid a visit to Penrith’s postal sorting office to thank local postal workers for their hard work, in what is their busiest time of the year. The local MP...
Upper Eden Neighbourhood Plan moving towards first Localism Act Referendum in the UK
Representatives of UCEP, the MP Rory Stewart and Eden District Council will be celebrating the Localism Referendum - next step for groundbreaking Upper Eden Neighbourhood Plan at Swanson House...
MP welcomes new Cumbrian upland centre
Rory Stewart MP met on Friday with the Principal of Newton Rigg, Wes Johnson, and welcomed the new director of its National Centre for the Uplands, Julia Aglionby, in a meeting to discuss how the...