Rory Stewart MP visited Appleby Creamery recently, to see exactly how their cheese is made, and learn all about their forthcoming expansion. The creamery, established in 2007, was named Cumbria’s Best Small Producer in 2013, and employs five full time members of staff and four part time. But this is now set to increase during […]
Rory Stewart MP dropped in to Appleby’s Rampkin House last week for a photograph with residents and their defibrillator, to raise awareness of the importance of public defibrillators (AEDs) as part of the North West Ambulance Trust’s (NWAS) ‘Shoctober’ campaign. AEDs are small machines which can ‘shock’ a person’s heart into restarting and if this […]
Rory Stewart MP has met with the National Grid project team to look over detailed maps and plans in connection with its ongoing community information events, designed to inform the public and local communities in Cumbria of ongoing plans for the new connection to link new sources of electricity into the grid in Cumbria and […]
Rory speaks to Newsnight on those Cumbria communities who embody the ideas and ethos behind ‘Big Society’
Penrith and the Border has one of the lowest unemployment rates in Britain – at last count 572 people were receiving job seekers’ allowance, out of about 65,000 adults in the constituency. We have one of the very highest rates of self-employment, and of people working from home (more than a quarter of our population). […]
MP for Penrith and the Border, Rory Stewart, has congratulated and thanked all those involved in the 176th Cumberland Show, with visitor numbers well up on last year. The local MP held a stall at the show, and welcomed farming minister George Eustice to talk about local and national concerns with constituents and the farming community. Rory Stewart […]
As part of national ‘My Money Week’, Local MP, Rory Stewart, this week visited William Howard School in Brampton to learn more about the secondary school’s work as a local centre of excellence for financial education. The Penrith and the Border MP was invited to sit in on a year 7 class led by the […]
Local MP Rory Stewart, has joined in on a weekend of celebrations at the Lazonby Community Swimming pool, to mark it’s 50th year in business. The pool was officially opened in July 1964 and has remained at the heart of village life ever since. It is still managed my a small group of dedicated local volunteers, […]
Local MP, Rory Stewart, has welcomed the latest achievement to secure high-speed fibre broadband to over half of the businesses and homes in Cumbria, in his on-going campaign to ensure the county has the best superfast broadband in Europe. Reaching this latest landmark means that around 121,000 premises in the county now have speeds of […]
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 […]