In the House of Commons last night, South Lakes MP Tim Farron secured a promise from the Prime Minister Boris Johnson to look at allowing outdoor residential centres to reopen as early as March 8th.
Commenting on the Prime Minister's statement setting out the roadmap to come out of lockdown, local MP Tim Farron said: "The Prime Minister is right to be cautious in his approach to make sure that this is the final lockdown.
South Lakes MP and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Radiotherapy Tim Farron has written to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor urging them to use next month's Spring Budget to invest in cancer services to tackle the backlog created by the pandemic.
Liberal Democrat candidate for Cumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner, Mark Christie says that more needs to be done to tackle rural crime in Cumbria.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) in Parliament calling on the Government to ditch plans for a new deep coal mine in Cumbria.
Commenting on the news that Morecambe Bay Clinical Commissioning Group have yet to find a new GP provider for Windermere's Goodly Dale surgery, local MP Tim Farron said: "I'd like to thank the CCG for their efforts in trying to find a new provider for Goodly Dale surgery.
