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  • "An excellent proposal from Mr Farron. There is no reason why the Lancashire bit of his constituency should not also form a unitary. I propose that the Furness and Cartmel peninsulas, together with Barrow (i.e. Lancashire north of the Sands) combine to form a unitary. Tiny Rutland with a 30000 population became a unitary some years ago. There is no need for cumbria cc, there never was, many people in Furness have no attachment to it whatsoever. Get rid of it asap."
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'Bring back Westmorland county authority,' says MP Tim Farron

9:01am Monday 11th June 2012 in News Photograph of the Author By Allan Tunningley

Tim Farron MP: 'We need to cut bureaucracy' Tim Farron MP: 'We need to cut bureaucracy'

THE historic Westmorland county should be recreated as a modern unitary authority, MP Tim Farron has suggested.

The Westmorland and Lonsdale MP spoke out as the debate hotted up over whether Cumbria should have one or more unitary authorities rather than the present county and six district councils.

His suggestion follows council leader Eddie Martin's statement last week that there should be fewer district councils in Cumbria.

Coun Martin said the current seven authorities could be cut down to three, two or even one unitary authority - that is, able to provide all local authority services.

Mr Farron said: “I'm happy to join all the other MPs, council leaders and, more importantly, the public in a discussion on the future of local government in Cumbria.

"I think we need to cut bureaucracy and costs and take out layers of local government. But my personal view is that we should re-create the old Westmorland county council. I think this will best fit the economy and challenges of Eden and South Lakeland.”

South Lakeland District Council leader Peter Thornton said it was important for the district to become involved in the debate about the future of local government in Cumbria.

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