The Government has made it’s decision about what local Councils we will have from next year.  Both Carlisle City Council and Cumbria County Council will no longer exist. They are to be replaced by a new Council which will undertake all their functions a, and cover all the way from Carlisle, and the whole west coast – Workington, Whitehaven and right down to Millom. 

The Government calls this ‘West Cumbria’. For us you can’t get much further north than Longtown, and you can’t get much further EAST than Bewcastle or Kershopefoot. The new County will be very similar in area to the old county of Cumberland, abolished in the 70s, so perhaps that name should get a reprise? 

Let us know what you think!