Stockton Liberal Democrats have welcomed the intervention by North East Liberal Democrat MEP Fiona Hall on behalf of workers at the Insolvency Office inStockton. Fiona has met with Norman Lamb MP to defend theStocktonoffice and warn of the danger of more job losses.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron and Low Furness County Councillor Janet Willis have reacted angrily to the news that the Highways Agency will not be building a roundabout at Greenodd.
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Despite the positive objectives for transfer of freight from road to rail in the Department for Transport's recent Command Paper, the Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR) is proposing new charges on railfreight. ORR has received advice on the risk of loss of business (and consequently more heavy goods traffic on roads) that might arise from some of these specific charges - aimed at particular market segments e.g. nuclear waste, coal for power stations, iron ore, biomass. However ORR is prepared to contemplate the high risk of a 10% reduction in some types of railfreight.