Improving the A595Simon Fell February 24, 2015I've spent much of the last few weeks travelling up and down the A590 and A595 in order to get to meetings and learn more about the issues which people would like to see me campaign on and weave into the personal manifesto that I'm putting together ahead of the election campaign.
You can only trust the Conservatives with TridentFebruary 14, 2015First, a quote from an article that appeared in The Times under the headline, "Nuclear bombshell threatens to blow BAE Systems’ plans out of the water":“It is Friday, May 8. The acting leader of the Labour party has been called to the palace to be asked to form a coalition with the couple of dozen of SNP MPs, a handful of Plaid Cymru members and Greens and the splintered remnants of the fractured Liberal Democrats. The news is a disaster for BAE Systems Maritime. It could be a catastrophe for the town of Barrow-in-Furness.”— The Times, 9 Feb 2015
Growth deal for cumbria delivers 21m for barrow and furnessGreat news for Barrow & Furness today as the Government announced the next ground of funding for regional Growth Deals.New investment will be going to three areas in Barrow & Furness directly:
Dairy farmers deserve a fair dealSimon Fell January 20, 2015We should all be concerned at the news about First Milk. Over 1,000 dairy farmers across the UK won’t be paid on time because of a financial crisis at the organisation and at least two of those affected are from Barrow & Furness.
Simon Fell, Conservative Candidate for Barrow & Furness, met with the Chancellor earlier yesterday and invited him to view the economic development and apprenticeship programmes in Barrow first hand.
As I understand it the National Grid preferred option regarding new cabling is to tunnel under the bay and spend many £100s of million pounds in the process.