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Minister Iain Stewart visits Carlisle to discuss Borderlands deal

A GOVERNMENT minister has been in Carlisle to discuss the landmark Borderlands Deal. Iain Stewart MP, the UK Government minister for growth deals in Scotland, met representatives of the inclusive growth deal to find out how the deal is helping to benefit the entire region. Worth £452 million, the deal is a regional investment programme jointly supported by the UK and Scottish governments and local partners. The Minister was shown around Carlisle Station by Cllr Stewart Young, Leader of Cumbria County Council and Cllr John Mallinson, Leader of Carlisle City Council before joining other representatives of the Partnership including Cllr Mark Rowley, of Scottish Borders Council, to hear about progress with the Deal since the March signing.

Place North West | Cumbria lines up next chief executive

Neil Tague The county council has offered Gill Steward the opportunity to succeed Katherine Fairclough, subject to formal agreement at its next full council meeting in June. Once agreed by full council, Steward will take over from Fairclough, who is to move into the same role at the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority after four years in the Cumbria hotseat. Steward is expected to start her new role in early August. Currently chair of CLES, a local economies-focused think tank, Steward’s recent roles include chief executive for the London Borough of Bexley and interim chief executive at West Sussex County Council.

Cumbria County Council s policies blasted for being too Carlisle-focused

A FORMER district councillor has blasted Cumbria County Council for being too Carlisle-focused. Joss Curwen, who represented Broughton on South Lakeland District Council for nearly three decades, said projects in the south of the county are often over-looked in favour of those in the north. However, Cllr Stewart Young, the leader of CCC, dismissed the claim and said his position was dependent upon support from councillors across Cumbria - support that, he says, is dictated by policies not being too focused on any one area. Anything they want at Carlisle, they seem to get, and it’s not good enough for people down in the south of the county, said Mr Curwen, who represented the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, and also sat as an independent.

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