South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed an important victory for his long-running campaign for more direct trains from Windermere to Manchester Airport, with the news that hybrid trains will start running on the Lakes Line. However, he has warned that the government must make sure this plan becomes a reality.
How to beat the ticking Brexit clock: let British business leaders do the talking The Brexit secretary, David Davis, last week convened 33 UK business leaders to Chevening: a place I know well, as it was the grace-and-favour house that my husband, Nick Clegg, used when he was deputy prime minister. The setting was particularly well chosen, as Chevening is, despite the hard work and dedication of the staff, an unusual combination of grandeur and dysfunctional nostalgia (I well remember the running battle to get the most elementary wifi service installed).
PRESS RELEASE 19th July 2017
Work begins in September for a ticketless payment system for Churchfields car park. There will be several options but mo...
Liberal Democrat peer John, Lord Shipley, has spoken in the House of Lords about the north-east of England, its economy and its export dependency on the European Union and what needs to be done to protect the region's interests, and in particular its jobs. He was commenting on the Report from the European Union Committee Brexit: trade in goods, saying: