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The website will launch on 2 April offering residents a one-stop website for everything they need to know about active travel in Cumbria.

A new street lighting policy has been agreed to help improve community safety, boost energy efficiency, and reduce light pollution.

An exciting range of fully funded activities will be available to eligible children and young people over the Easter holidays as part of the holiday activities and food (HAF) programme.

On behalf of His Majesty The King, the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has announced Royal Charter status for the Port of Barrow. This marks a historic moment for Barrow’s shipbuilding history.

Council decarbonisation plans aimed to get Westmorland and Furness to a carbon net zero position by 2037 have been given an additional boost, thanks to £1.75 million in funding for works at four key buildings.

Team Barrow has announced a package of support worth at least £5m to help boost education in the town’s primary and secondary schools.

A public event is being held in Penrith for people to find out more about devolution.

New Housing Asset Management Strategy sets out five-year plan for managing and investing in council housing stock.

Westmorland and Furness Council has been shortlisted for the ‘Local and Public Sector Net Zero Transformation Award’ at the 2025 Green Energy Awards, hosted by Regen.

New plan agreed to tackle rising costs associated with providing emergency accommodation for people experiencing homelessness.