Once a bustling port town, Barrow-in-Furness has fallen into the gutter ... And stats show the town is racked with poverty, with the Office for National Statistics officially classifying it ...

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In Barrow Central ward, 35.6 per cent of the children live in poverty. Mental illness is common. Sam Plum, the CEO of Westmorland and Furness Council, who is highly optimistic about Barrow’s ...

While the Prime Minister has labelled Barrow as a blueprint for how defence spending can improve areas, the port town faces a number of housing and poverty issues. In 2024, BAE Systems said if ...

Two years later, the UK declared its nuclear capability to Nato. Labour MP for Barrow and Furness, Michelle Scrogham, told BBC Radio Cumbria she "couldn't be prouder". "It's acknowledging that the ...

Like many towns across the north of England, Barrow-in-Furness has been hit hard by the decline of traditional British industry. The town, which once thrived thanks to its production of iron and ...

Barrow-in-Furness is a “blueprint” for how increasing defence spending can boost prosperity across the UK, the Prime Minister has said ahead of a visit to the town at the heart of Britain’s ...

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