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Rory continued his campaign supporting local constituents in their fight for better rural broadband when he joined broadband activists in Shap on Friday, assisting their campaign to drum up demand and get better broadband into the village and its surroundings. Shap is one of six communities identified by Cumbria County Council as likely to fall […]
Broadband campaigning Rory has this week welcomed a package of wayleave agreements which will help to make the roll-out of rural broadband infrastructure both easier and more cost effective. The deal, brokered by the National Farmers Union and the Country Land and Business Association, will reduce the cost and time taken in negotiating individual land […]
Rory has this week extended an invitation to all parish councils within his constituency to attend an event to be held in Crosby Ravensworth next month showcasing the community’s successful affordable housing scheme, offering other Cumbrian parish councils and community groups the chance to learn about the process through which Crosby Ravensworth’s residents developed an affordable […]
Rory was delighted to welcome to his constituency this week the government Minister for Planning – Nick Boles MP – who visited both the Upper Eden Neighbourhood Development Plan (UENDP) area and the Lyvennet Community Trust’s affordable housing project Stoneworks Garth at Crosby Ravensworth. The Ministerial visit included a trip to Brough where Nick […]
Rory, Chair of the APPG on Local Democracy, attended an emergency meeting of rural MPs this evening, organised by the Rural Fair Share Campaign. The meeting was convened to highlight the urgent need for government to recognise the potentially disastrous impact of the 2013/14 Local Government Finance Settlement, whereby rural councils could see their budgets […]
Rory has wished his constituency nominees ‘Good luck’ in the annual awards – nicknamed the ‘Rural Oscars’ – which were devised by the Countryside Alliance eight years ago as a means of celebrating rural communities, skills and enterprise. The awards initiative aims to highlight the diversity of rural enterprise and showcase those who have managed […]
Rory visited the national ‘Lab in a Lorry’ science education initiative at William Howard School in Brampton on Friday, meeting with pupils and seeing how the mobile science laboratory takes hands-on physics experiments to schools. The aim is to give students aged 11 to 14 the opportunity to experience science as it is really done […]
Rory and John Stevenson ,MP for Carlisle, met last Friday with over 150 local residents from Warwick Bridge and the surrounding area to discuss the problems the A69 continues to cause within the village and surrounding area, and what options were now available to residents in order to address these concerns. The meeting was organised […]
Rory is warning residents of Penrith and the Border to check they are giving to a registered charity when approached for donations this Winter. According to an independent ICM poll commissioned by the Charity Commission and the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB), 2 in 5 adults across the UK do not make any checks when approached […]
Rory has in his capacity as Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Local Democracy warned that the Government’s plans for reforms to local government finance risk undermining the financial independence of parish councils. Recently announced plans from the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to devolve control and funding for council tax […]