Returning to Westminster on Tuesday, I went right back to it, meeting with DWP Minister Mims Davies to continue to campaign to Save Phoenix House in Barrow. I realise now that perhaps this wasn’t the best name for the campaign as the office itself is not the best, but it is the knowledge, skills, and capability of the people within it who matter. I want to ensure that those who need help urgently continue to get it with no drop in care, and that no one in Barrow loses their job. I’m due to meet with officials again in a few weeks to hold them to account on this.

I also had the fortune of winning the lucky dip and being selected to ask the Prime Minister a question on Wednesday at PMQs. It’s always a bit nerve wracking standing in a full House of Commons and trying to be heard over the noise, but I wanted to build on the momentum of the tremendous investment in the people of Barrow that the AUKUS submarine programme means, and the visit by Australian PM Anthony Albanese last week, to bring our own Prime Minister to Barrow.

AUKUS could just be about a programme to build more submarines and create more jobs. In and of itself that is a real win for Furness. But I think that it could be about so much more, and I want to leverage this opportunity to benefit the whole of Furness - getting Government to think about how it must invest in our schools, our hospital and NHS services, in our infrastructure and cultural institutions, to deliver that programme well, to time, and to budget. That the PM agreed to come to Barrow is an important step on that road and I look forward to welcoming him here.

Speaking of investment, I was invited by the team at Barrow Port to join them on Thursday to meet with the group who will be responsible for the upkeep and delivery of the two new offshore wind farms soon to be built off our coast, Morgan and Mona.

My pitch to them was simple - with over £120million in new investment secured for Furness, delivering a new university campus, town centre renewal, new housing, improved road and rail infrastructure, community hubs and so much more, this is the time to set up in Barrow and thrive. Fingers firmly crossed for the port’s bid to host them!

Finally, on Friday I joined the Cumbria Community Foundation (and the great and the good of Furness) to discuss next steps for the area. I touched on the some of the investment I’ve mentioned above and talked about leveraging it a different way - to tackle the inequalities in our community. AUKUS, offshore wind, hydrogen production, carbon capture, new nuclear, and all this investment should give us the momentum we need to do so.

Finally - as I write the first K2B runners have crossed the finish line - my congratulations (and thanks) to all of them, and the organisers, for arranging this amazing event which will support so many worthwhile local charities.