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RORY PLEDGES TO CONTINUE EQUITABLE LIFE FIGHT AS £80M COMPENSATION BOOST ANNOUNCED IN SUMMER BUDGET

Local MP Rory Stewart, who has worked closely with his parliamentary colleagues for years on assisting constituents who have suffered significant financial losses as Equitable Life policyholders, today welcomed the Chancellor’s acknowledgement of their long-standing fight for justice, in a mention in the Budget Statement delivered in Parliament. The Chancellor announced today a further package […]

RORY PRAISES EDEN HOUSING ASSOCIATION IN RURAL HOUSING WEEK

To celebrate Rural Housing Week and to learn more about local housing associations’ work in Eden, Rory Stewart MP has met with John Clasper, Managing Director of Eden Housing Association, and staff members at their Bridge Lane headquarters in Penrith where he enjoyed a wide-ranging conversation with John around issues facing tenants of the local […]

RORY SIGNPOSTS YOUNG CONSTITUENTS IN NEED TO CARLISLE KEY

Rory Stewart, MP for Penrith and The Border, is encouraging young people in need to be aware of the important services provided by Carlisle Key, a local charity whose work Rory supports. Rory met with Trustee Peter Ryan, Project Manager Julie Spence and apprentice Sophie Edwards, who introduced Rory to young Penrith resident Catherine Harper […]

RORY OPPOSES BECK BURN APPLICATION, WELCOMES CANCELLATION OF 250 ONSHORE WIND PROJECTS

This week the government has announced that approximately 250 onshore wind projects already in development are likely to be cancelled because the Government is ending subsidies. Rory Stewart MP is pressing to ensure that one of these is the amended wind turbine application at Beckburn Peatworks near Longtown. This is part of his continuing campaign […]

RORY SIGNPOSTS NEW FREE PLANNING ADVICE FOR CUMBRIA’S RURAL BUSINESSES

Rory Stewart MP is signposting constituency businesses to a package of measures to assist rural entrepreneurs in the county, following Cumbria Rural Growth Network’s recent launch of a free planning advisory service. The new service forms just part of a comprehensive range of new business support initiatives targeted at boosting economic performance in the county. […]

RORY WELCOMES RETURN OF THE AD122 BUS

Local MP, Rory Stewart, has welcomed the announcement that the AD122 bus will return as a seven day service over the Summer, after having assisted the local community in their efforts to see the route reinstated. The Penrith and the Border MP pressed Cumbria County Council to offer greater support to the community, who had […]

FORTHCOMING DROP-IN SURGERIES

Please note that local MP for Penrith and the Border Rory Stewart will be holding open surgeries at the following locations in June 2014: Friday 6th June 2014 – 4-5:30pm – Booths Cafe, Penrith Friday 13th June 2014 – 4:30-5:30pm – Conservative Club, Brampton Friday 13th June – 6:00-7:00pm – 31 Chiswick Street, Carlisle Friday 27th June – 2:00-3:00pm – Local […]

RORY CELEBRATES TOURISM AND TEA ALONG THE BORDER

Local MP Rory Stewart stopped off to join a special group for tea at Bessietown’s Country Guest House in Catlowdy, as he sought to celebrate and promote tourism along the England-Scotland border. The Young wives club has now been running for more than fifty years. Rory was able to join the group for their monthly […]

RORY AND JAMES ASTILL JOIN FORCES TO TEACH WORLD AFFAIRS

Rory Stewart MP brought along a surprise visitor on a recent visit to Armathwaite Primary School – James Astill, a distinguished Foreign Correspondent from the Economist. The visit was part of the school’s on-going programme of global learning activities. The MP and the Foreign Correspondent led a class on the subject of global conflict, poverty, […]

RORY DEPOSITS IN EDEN’S FIRST CREDIT UNION

Rory Stewart MP on Friday met with staff of the EdenSave Credit Union at their office in the Devonshire Arcade in Penrith, where he found out about the new membership-based savings and loan facility catering to Eden’s residents. The Union was launched in October 2013, and currently has deposits totalling in excess of 150,000 pounds. […]