This afternoon, the Cumbria Better Connected campaign group have written to the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, urging him to back Cumbria County's Council bid for a passing loop on the Lakes Line.
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, South Lakes MP and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Radiotherapy Tim Farron urged the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock to commit to an urgent cancer recovery plan.
Last night South Lakes MP Tim Farron voted against the Government's controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, local MP Tim Farron said that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on jobs and businesses in South Lakeland's visitor economy, should lead to the area being prioritised for the Government's Levelling Up Fund.
Liberal Democrat candidate for Cumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner Mark Christie has promised one of his top priorities for his first term in office is to deal with the scourge of fly-tipping across Cumbria.
Local MP Tim Farron has accused the Prime Minister of turning his back on the outdoor education sector.
