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A new board set up by Whitehaven & Workington MP Josh MacAlister to drive forward the regeneration of Whitehaven town centre has met and agreed a plan of action. The board is made up of two dozen local political, business and community leaders, including Cllr Emma Williamson, Deputy Leader of Cumberland Council; David Allen, Cumbria’sContinue reading “New town centre board to drive forward Whitehaven regeneration”

A letter signed by more than 100 political, business and union leaders from across north and west Cumbria is calling for urgent action to resolve land issues at Moorside so that new nuclear power stations can be built. NDA plans for the land are putting West Cumbria’s chances of hosting the first generation of smallContinue reading “Cumbrian leaders put pressure on NDA over land for new nuclear”

I was very honoured to give my maiden speech in Parliament speaking of my love of West Cumbria and our people and some of the priorities I’ll be focusing on as your MP. You can watch it below.

I used my first question in Parliament to call for a debate on the infected blood scandal. You can watch it below.

Welcoming yesterday’s King’s Speech, Labour’s Josh MacAlister said: “The first King’s Speech of this Labour government will help deliver the change that families and businesses in West Cumbria have been crying out for. “It’s a plan that will mean more jobs, better transport, new homes and investment in the infrastructure we need – ultimately, it’sContinue reading “Labour’s King’s Speech will take the brakes off Britain and get West Cumbria moving again”

The new Secretary of State for Transport, Louise Haigh, had only been in the job for five days when a letter landed on her desk calling for investment in the Cumbrian Coast Line as an urgent priority. The letter, drafted by Whitehaven and Workington’s new MP, Josh MacAlister, was signed by Cumbria’s four new LabourContinue reading “Cumbria’s political and business leaders join forces to call for rail investment”

Josh MacAlister, the new Labour MP for Whitehaven and Workington, got straight to work this week on his top priority of delivering new nuclear in West Cumbria. Josh wrote to the boss of Great British Nuclear to ask for an urgent meeting to discuss ways to speed up decision making to get on with deliveringContinue reading “New MP gets to work on new nuclear”

It was the greatest honour and privilege of my life to be elected as your first Labour MP for the new constituency of Whitehaven and Workington in the early hours of Friday morning. Not only did we win the seat but we secured the largest majority in the history of the former constituency of CopelandContinue reading “Thank you – now the hard work of delivery begins”

Manifesto ahead of General Election outlines plan for pipeline of projects for nuclear-driven net zero, energy security, economic growth and jobs The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has today launched its 2024 industry manifesto setting out five key actions for MPs elected on July 4 to support during the next Parliament to ensure the momentum within the nuclearContinue reading “Nuclear industry manifesto sets out plan for ‘once in a generation’ nuclear programme”

Please find below my Politics Column for this week’s Whitehaven News. Change. That’s what we need after 14 years of Tory government. They promised the earth to places like West Cumbria to win votes and then abandoned us without delivering. Now they’re doing the same again and expect you to believe it’ll be different. ThereContinue reading “Change you can believe in”