Lib Dems react to judicial review decision on local government reorganisation in Cumbria

Commenting on the news that a legal challenge by Cumbria County Council against the Government's decision to split Cumbria in two has been rejected, local Lib Dem MP Tim Farron said: "While I was against the Conservative government's decision to reorganise our local councils in the middle of a pandemic, I'm glad that the county council's legal challenge has been thrown out and we can now move on.

"The focus of Liberal Democrats in Cumbria has been on making sure these two new council serve local residents, helping make our communities even better places to live and work and that's what I hope the county council will now be doing in the months that lie ahead."

Peter Thornton, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Cumbria County Council, which did not support the council going to Judicial Review, said: "I'm pleased that this has now been resolved and that we can all get on with the job of creating two new councils.

"Liberal Democrats want these new councils to have a clear focus on housing for young workers, well paid jobs in our area plus combatting climate change and improving our environment"