Council sends back more than £8.5 million in grants from the Government Wednesday, 7 April, 2021 Barrow Borough Council is coming under pressure from local businesses after it emerged that the Labour led council has sent back £8.5 million in unpaid grants to the Government’s department for Housing, Communities and Local Government. The figures, obtained from a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, show that for the initial business support schemes aimed at helping businesses who were forced... Local News
Cabinet Minister launches Conservative manifesto in Cumbria 5th April 2017 Cabinet Minister Sajid Javid launches Conservative manifesto in Cumbria Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Kendal College... Local News
WELL DONE TRUDY 28th February 2017 WELL DONE TRUDY AND ALL THE HELPERS FROM NEAR AND FAR, YOUNG AND OLDER ALIKE Many Members from Barrow and Furness Conservatives Association, turned out in all... Local News
COPELAND BY-ELECTION 6th January 2017 Hello Team, As you will all probably know by now we have a big by election on our hands. If you would like to help in this local and historic by election then... Local News
Peter McCall elected as the new Police & Crime Commissioner 9th May 2016 Peter McCall has been elected as the new Police and Crime Commissioner for Cumbria with a 11,000 Majority Local News
BAY CROSSING 18th April 2016 It was good to read that the Barrow Council along with the South Lakes and Lancaster City councils are interested in developing Morecambe Bay (Dave Pidduck NWEM... Local News
Rt Hon Theresa May MP Cumbria Luncheon 12th April 2016 Cumbria Conservatives and Police and Crime Commissioner Candidate Peter McCall are delighted to announce that we will be joined by the Home Secretary, the Rt... Local News
Conservative Leader welcomes Secretary of State to South Lakeland 8th April 2016 Cumbria County Council Group Leader Cllr James Airey welcomed Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Greg Clark MP to South Lakeland yesterday. Local News
Terrorism remains a very real threat to the UK 4th April 2016 Terrorism remains a very real threat to the UK and we mustn’t think it doesn’t apply to us in Cumbria. Indeed today the Prime Minister is in Washington... Local News
2022 Spring Forum to be hosted in Blackpool 10th July 2020 Conservative Party Co-Chairman, Amanda Milling MP, has today announced the Conservative Party will host its Spring Forum in Blackpool in 2022. National News
Rishi Sunak's Plan for Jobs: Speech in Full 9th July 2020 Our plan for jobs is about supporting people to find the jobs that are out there, creating new jobs through investing in our infrastructure and housing, and... National News
What Eat Out to Help Out actually means for you 8th July 2020 At a time when businesses need support, the new Eat Out to Help Out scheme is a targeted investment in our hospitality sector, providing discounts of up to 50%... National News
Our Plan for Jobs: Our £30bn investment in Britain 8th July 2020 Today the Chancellor announced our Plan for Jobs, worth up to £30 billion, to kickstart the economy and help create, support, and protect jobs across the United... National News
Our record-breaking package of support for UK arts and culture sector 6th July 2020 Today we have announced a world-leading £1.57 billion package of emergency grants and loans to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage... National News
Boris Johnson unveils a New Deal for Britain 30th June 2020 The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure... National News
