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
Local Conservatives celebrate excellent night at the Polls 13th May 2015 Local Conservatives celebrate excellent night at the Polls Conservatives across the rural Wards of Broughton, Mid and Low Furness are celebrating a set of very... Westminster News
Mr Simon Fell THANK YOU 11th May 2015 Thank you to the 17,525 people who put their faith in me and my party and voted Conservative in Barrow & Furness at the General Election. Local News
Labour are just making it up on Trident 28th April 2015 Last week the Defence Secretary sent a letter to the people of Barrow & Furness regarding the very real threat to Trident from an SNP/Labour government. Local News
A HELPING HAND 19th April 2015 We have so far had an excellent turn out of volunteers in the campaign for leafleting canvassing and general helping, BUT Local News
Credit where it's not due 18th March 2015 All too often, those of us in politics play the very silly game of claiming credit when we had little (or nothing) to do with the thing that we're talking about... Local NewsOpinions
Cumbrians deserve a mayor of their own. 17th March 2015 Looking at London, you can see the positive impact that the Mayor has had, fighting the capital's corner on the national stage and ensuring that those parts of... Local NewsOpinions
A welcome £257 million investment in Successor from the Conservative Government 13th March 2015 Yesterday, the Conservative Government announced an additional £257 million investment for BAE in Barrow to complete the design phase for the Successor... Local News
Kemi's Speech to the IDU in Washington 9th December 2024 Kemi joined the Conservative movement in an unusual way - read her speech to find out more National News
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Kemi’s Conference Speech 29th October 2024 Read my speech: For too long politicians have told the public what they wanted to hear and then done their own thing. Well, I say enough. National News
