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FORTHCOMING DROP-IN SURGERIES

RORY STEWART MP – FORTHCOMING DROP-IN SURGERIES   Please note that Rory Stewart, MP for Penrith and The Border, and local councillors will be holding drop-in surgeries: Friday 7th April, 12.15 – 13.15, Community Centre, Longtown Friday 7th April, 14.00 – 15.00, Howard Arms Hotel, Brampton No appointment is necessary, and all constituents are welcome. […]

RORY OBTAINS ASSURANCES FROM SCHOOLS MINISTER IN “VERY CONSTRUCTIVE MEETING”

Following a recent meeting with representatives of Penrith’s primary schools and the Cumbrian representative of the National Association of Head Teachers, Graham Frost, Rory Stewart has taken their concerns with a group of other Cumbria MPs to parliament, meeting this week with the Schools Minister Nick Gibb to discuss Cumbria’s unique needs. In conversation with the […]

RORY VISITS EDEN FM’S NEW HOME AND PLEDGES COMMUNITY RADIO SUPPORT

Rory Stewart MP – a long-time supporter of Eden FM and of community radio stations – has visited Eden’s own Penrith-based community radio Eden FM at its new premises at Mostyn Hall, and was interviewed as part of the afternoon Drivetime show by UCC student and radio presenter Emily Quinn, where he answered topical questions […]

Herald Article – Saturday 25th February 2017

Three years ago, I saw hundreds of Yezidi refugees from Northern Mosul, huddled in an abandoned building site in Northern Iraq and heard one family describe being forced to abandon a dying grandmother as they fled from ISIS; and how another had lost a baby. Again, last December, I met a man in a refugee […]