PLANS for an elected mayor in Cumbria have taken a step forward ... priority programme at a council meeting on January 9 at Kendal Town Hall. Cumberland Council Leader Councillor Mark Fryer ...

Cumbria has taken one step closer to potentially having an elected mayor. Westmorland and Furness ... to join the devolution priority programme at Kendal Town Hall. Devolution in the area would ...

Cumbria is set to have an elected mayor in place in May next year. The county has been selected as one of six areas on the Government's Devolution Priority Programme with the aim of an election in ...

Credit: Cumbria Image Bank Returning to England ... aldermen and burgesses was in place. The newly created mayor of Kendal now felt empowered to up the ante and bestowed one pound on the King ...

Senior Labour and Conservative politicians in Cumbria have previously called for a mayor in Cumbria which could bring more powers for local transport links, planning and housing. The decision to ...

Cabinet members for Westmorland and Furness Council agreed to join the government’s devolution priority programme at a council meeting on January 9 at Kendal Town Hall. Cumberland Council Leader ...