It was great to be able to invite Sam & Kerry from Cheeky Monkeys to Number 10 last week.

They have been brilliant advocates for childcare providers in Furness, and it was a pleasure to be able to celebrate their hard work.

More about childcare here: simonfell.org/childcare

Ash’s Coffee Pod at the back of the Market is quite rightly becoming a Barrow institution.

But Ash has big plans - he is moving away from his beloved Pod and into a retail unit on Portland Walk. The space is currently being renovated and I stopped by for a chat to learn why he…

🗞 You can find my latest for The Mail below.

🙊 In this column I write about rolling out gigabit broadband to Walney, Printfest, holding surgeries, fraud prevention, and Cheeky Monkeys.

👀 Read it here: simonfell.org/news/mailweekl…

Huge thanks to the team working to turn The Old Mart in Ulverston into a community hub for inviting me along this afternoon to learn more about the project.

The Spot would be a community space run by and for the people who use it, supporting the community and offering local…

⌛️ One year on from the launch of our Fraud Strategy.

One clear mission.

Tackle fraud and bring criminals to justice 👇

🙋🏻‍♂️ Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by to see me and the team at our open surgery in Ulverston Market this afternoon. We covered lots of issues, from policing to land rights, and local arts venues to tax disputes.

✍🏻 I hold surgeries every week. If you’d like to book an…

It’s a gloriously sunny day and polls will remain open until 10pm.

No matter who you vote for, please do take the time to vote. In Barrow & Furness we have Ulverston Town Council and Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner elections.

I was very glad to vote for Mike Johnson. He’s…

The NCA has issued an alert to hundreds of thousands of education professionals following a considerable increase in global cases of financially motivated sexual extortion – a type of online blackmail widely known as ‘sextortion’.

Read the full story ➡️ nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-issue…

🗞 You can find my latest for The Mail below.

🎺 In this column I write about the defence of our nation, Furness’ outsized role in the world, St George, the AMAZING UVHS Wind Band, parking charges and much, much more.

👀 Read it here: simonfell.org/news/mailweekl…

I am pleased to announce that Voneus Broadband are officially rolling out gigabit broadband to Walney, starting today.

Over 10,000 people live on Walney and it’s frankly staggering that until now the vast majority of residents haven’t been able to access decent broadband. My…

I had an absolutely brilliant time at Muncaster Castle yesterday, testing out the new weapons hall, dodging vultures, exploring the castle, and reliving some childhood memories.

What an absolutely amazing place, with so much to see and do. Huge thanks to Ewan and the whole…

It was an honour to be asked to address the Royal Society of St George at Abbey House last night.

My speech was on St George, the lessons we can learn from the man and myth, Furness’ history and future, Team Barrow, the campaign to achieve Royal Town status for Barrow, the role…

I've just left Furness General after visiting the Stroke Unit there. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the entire MorecambeBayNHSTrust team they've managed to achieve an A rating across the board - a remarkable achievement and a huge turnaround in just 4 years.

My massive…

When we promised to tackle fraud we meant it:

✅ Set up the National Fraud Squad
✅ Oversaw a fall of over 500,000 fraud offences
✅ Delivered the world's first Online Fraud Charter

Our message to fraudsters is clear. Break the law and you will face justice.

Soon there will be over 800 new homes in Barrow as part of the Marina Village development.

This project has been talked about for years, but thanks to #TeamBarrow we’ve secured the funding from Homes England to get the land to the state where spades can go in the ground.

This…

It’s very good to see a further drop in cases of fraud recorded in the latest Crime Survey of England and Wales release. Fraud has reduced by 16% compared to last year.

A mix of industry action, greater public awareness, and law enforcement interventions will be responsible for…

Today is #AnzacDay , when we remember those from Australia and New Zealand who lost their lives serving in the Armed Forces.

Defence Secretary @GrantShapps has paid tribute to the lasting defence relationship between our nations.

#WeWillRememberThem

A very welcome statement on the direction of travel in the Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences being led by Jonathan Fisher KC.
 
The scale of the challenge that disclosure in a digital age brings is laid bare in these preliminary findings, especially for the…

I'm delighted that the Council have decided to reverse their extortionate parking charge hikes in Ulverston, and listened to the residents, businesses, and their employees who got in touch and responded to my survey.

I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to respond and…

We've been given the green light to deliver a multi million pound investment to improve the #A595 !

The Department for Transport has awarded us £23.31m towards an improvement scheme that will see 1.4km of new road built between Chapels and Grizebeck.

Read more ➡ bit.ly/3UvIFR