Councillor Tim Pickstone

At the last full Council meeting I asked a question of the Executive Member for Lifelong Learning about how Cumberland was performing on school attendance. I know this is an issue many people are worried about, particularly since the Covid…

Last week I had the opportunity to attend a half day conference in Gretna, about the ‘Borderlands Place Plan’ programme. This is the programme, funding out of the Government’s Borderlands Growth Deal to invest money into 16 of the smaller…

Last week was the regular meeting of the Border, Fellside and North Carlisle Community Panel. This is the ‘area committee’ for this part of Cumberland, the seven, mostly rural, council wards to the north and west of Carlisle. AppointmentsRoger Dobson…

Last week was the regular meeting of Cumbria’s Police, Fire and Crime Panel. This is the body made up of 10 councillors (five from Cumberland, five from Westmorland) to scrutinise the work of Cumbria’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. As…