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One of the greatest responsibilities we have – both as a community and as a country – is to make sure every young person has the chance to get on in life. When I speak with young people across West Cumbria, I hear the same message time and again: they want opportunities, support, and aContinue reading “Weekly Column – 17.12.2025 – Investing in West Cumbria’s young people”

Whitehaven and Workington MP Josh MacAlister was full of praise for NHS staff during a visit to the Elective Surgical Hub at West Cumberland Hospital. The hub is designed to carry out high-volume, low-complexity procedures, including orthopaedic surgeries, making best use of the redeveloped West Cumberland Hospital site. During the visit, Josh met with clinicalContinue reading “MP praises staff on visit to hospital surgical hub”

Residents and businesses across West Cumbria have been urged to take practical steps to prepare for flooding following a successful visit by the Floodmobile and Mary Long-Dhonau OBE – widely known as ‘Flood Mary’ – one of the UK’s leading voices on flood resilience. The visit brought flood preparedness into the heart of the community,Continue reading “Flood resilience message reinforced as MP welcomes ‘Flood Mary’ and Floodmobile to West Cumbria”

Josh MacAlister MP and Cumbria’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, David Allen, recently welcomed the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, Jess Phillips MP, to Workington for a visit focused on supporting survivors of domestic abuse and improving online safety for young women, as part of the Government’s commitment to halve violenceContinue reading “Josh MacAlister MP welcomes Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips to Workington”

Josh MacAlister, Member of Parliament for Whitehaven and Workington, has welcomed the Labour Government’s record funding boost for road maintenance, including £96.5 million for Cumberland. Councils across England will fix potholes and prevent new ones, thanks to a doubling of roads cash by the end of the Parliament as part of the Budget. Each localContinue reading “Record £100 million funding boost for local roads”

For farmers in West Cumbria, the way government supports farming and nature recovery is not an abstract policy debate – it is about whether family farms can survive and pass on a viable business to the next generation. That is why I have made securing a devolved farm-funding settlement for Cumbria one of my topContinue reading “Weekly Column – 10.12.2025 – Backing West Cumbria’s farmers”

Josh MacAlister, MP for Whitehaven & Workington, has welcomed more than £18 million of new investment in local bus services across Cumberland over the next three years, as part of the Government’s landmark national funding programme to deliver faster, cheaper and more reliable buses. This comes alongside the £5 million already secured this year, whichContinue reading “£18 million to transform bus services in Cumberland as first wave of new routes launched”

Residents of West Cumbria are invited to attend two important community drop-in events in Whitehaven this Friday – one offering vital advice on avoiding economic crime from officers of Cumbria Police, and another providing flood-resilience guidance from the Floodmobile team and Environment Agency – organised with the support of local MP Josh MacAlister. These sessionsContinue reading “Free expert advice on fraud and floods this Friday”

Families in West Cumbria will soon see strengthened SEND support through Labour’s expansion of early intervention services in every Best Start Family Hub, including those in Whitehaven and Workington. From April, councils across England will recruit dedicated SEND practitioners for all 1,000 hubs, ensuring families can access expert help early, without the need for aContinue reading “West Cumbria to benefit as Labour expands SEND support across Family Hubs”

Josh MacAlister MP has intensified his push in Westminster to win a new devolved farm-funding settlement for Cumbria – one that puts decisions in the hands of local people and delivers real support for farmers, rural communities and nature recovery. Josh has held multiple meetings with ministers in recent months, pressing the case for CumbriaContinue reading “MP steps up campaign to secure devolved farm funding for Cumbria”