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Tackling inequality in south Cumbria which has been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic will be a priority for Barrow Borough Council in 2021, the authority’s leader has said. Following one of the most difficult years the nation has ever experienced with the unexpected challenged of coronavirus, Councillor Ann Thomson has outlined her priorities for the area in 2021. And one issue she has highlighted as a key focus in the borough is investigating the causes of and solutions to the poverty emergency which the council has declared. She said: “One of the lasting impacts of Covid has ...

AN EXTRA £20.4 million in Government funding for Furness councils has been welcomed - but is ‘likely to be coming from Cumbrians rather than government’, a council leader has claimed. The Government has announced councils responsible for delivering services across Furness will see their budget boosted by an average of 3.2 per cent next year as part of the Conservatives’ commitment to level up local services across the country and give them the resources they need to support their communities as we recover from the pandemic. However, this will come because of the five per cent tax...