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We Will Get Brexit Done and Unleash Workington's Potential

Mark Jenkinson welcomes Boris Johnson’s Guarantee to Get Brexit Done and Unleash Britain’s Potential as Conservatives launch manifesto Mark Jenkinson has welcomed the Conservative’s manifesto as welcome news for Workington with a raft of measures will help to boost the lives of people across t

Boris Johnson: I will cut taxes for working people

A Conservative majority Government will cut taxes for millions of working people on low and middle incomes, the Prime Minister has announced. National Insurance contributions (NICs) are paid as a percentage of a worker’s earnings, like income tax.

Multi-million Pound Government Investment in Workington Welcomed

Mark Jenkinson welcomes multi-million pound government investment in Workington In September Boris Johnson and the Conservatives announced the 100 towns that will receive extra funding to level up opportunities across the country and ensure places like Workington can look towards the future with re

Mark Jenkinson welcomes availability of Cystic Fibrosis drugs on the NHS

Mark Jenkinson, the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Workington at the next general election, has welcomed the announcement that Orkambi and other lifesaving Cystic Fibrosis drugs will now be available in Workington on the NHS. On Thursday, NHS England announced that it had secured an agree

Mark Jenkinson Welcomes New Deal on Mobile Coverage

Parliamentary candidate for Workington, Mark Jenkinson, has welcomed a new £1 billion deal brokered by the Conservative Government with mobile phone operators, that will eliminate virtually all areas of poor mobile coverage in rural areas across the country. The new deal will see the four main mobi

Workington commuters set to benefit from £48bn rail improvement programme

Mark Jenkinson, the Conservative candidate for Workington at the next election, has welcomed the inclusion of the Cumbrian Coast Rail Capacity Upgrade in Government’s £48 billion rail improvement programme He was responding to the the announcement from the Transport Secretary that th

Greater financial security under a Conservative government

MARK JENKINSON: This Conservative government is giving millions more people the security of a job Official ONS figures show that in the North West, there are now 3,469,395 people in work – meaning that, under the Conservatives, 290,421 more people have been able to access the security of a job

Funding Boost for Cumbrian Schools

More children across Cumbria will be able to access a world-class education thanks to a major funding boost. The Conservative Government has confirmed schools in Cumbria will receive 5.25% more funding per pupil next year as part of the recent multi-billion investment in primary and secondary educa

Mark Jenkinson selected for Workington

Local Councillor and Deputy Leader of Allerdale Borough Council Mark Jenkinson has been selected by local Conservative party activists as their candidate for the next general election. At a meeting at Cockermouth Town Hall on Saturday, Councillor Jenkinson and other applicants faced a competitive h

Calls for tougher sentences for those who attack Police in Cumbria

WORKINGTON MP Mark Jenkinson has backed calls for tougher sentences for those who attack police in Cumbria. The proposals have been mooted as part of a raft of measures intended to give  better protection to officers. Mark also wants to see greater recognition of the daily risks they take in