A PLAN launched by members of Workington Town Council to change a monument to the steel industry has drawn ire in Parliament. Workington MP Mark Jenkinson criticised Workington Town Council’s Independents during business questions in the House of Commons on Thursday. He claimed that independent councillors had launched a “sham” consultation on the fate of Workington’s Duffield Beacon on “fictitious” health and safety grounds. Mr Jenkinson told fellow Conservative and leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg that the steelworks monument in Vulcan Park would either remain and never be lit again or would be “chopped in half”.
Workington MP has slammed the idea to move the Duffield Beacon and called the idea to put it on wheels ridiculous. Last week residents were up in arms about the decision to remove the beacon from Vulcans park in Workington. The beacon was a gift to the town and the move by councillors has lit a flame under residents. Since the kick off MP for Workington Mark Jenkinson has branded the idea ridiculous he said: If moving the Beacon is for health and safety reason that is fine but it should be moved in its entirety and not cut into sections.