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 strong results in the local elections on Thursday. Whilst much media attention was rightly focused on the General Election, the 7th May was also very important as 3 South Lakeland District Council seats were up for grabs. Leader of the Opposition at the County Council James Airey strengthened his position by easily winning his Low Furness District seat with a huge majority.
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.
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, or blaming the other side when things go wrong which are entirely out of their control.
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 the capital which aren't high profile get a fair shake. Cumbria needs a strong, accountable, leader like that.
Yesterday, the Conservative Government announced an additional £257 million investment for BAE in Barrow to complete the design phase for the Successor programme. Frankly, the news couldn't have come at a better time.The £257 million will put the next Government in a position to immediately approve Successor when the Main Gate decision comes up next year. That investment is a vote of faith by the Conservative Government in Barrow. It will secure 1,400 jobs at the yard and give BAE the security they need to continue and invest in our community - as they already are with the 335 apprenticeships announced in December.
Questions to answerSimon Fell March 4, 2015Guido Fawkes' website reports today that Barrow & Furness' MP, John Woodcock, has been referred to the Standards Commissioner by a fellow MP for breach of the rules around the use of pre-paid House of Commons envelopes to solicit donations for a campaign that he is running on the retention of local healthcare services.