MP asks Chancellor to use Budget to back South Lakes businesses
This afternoon, local MP Tim Farron has written to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak urging him to use next month's Budget to extend financial support to local businesses.
12 Feb 2021
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South Lakes MP to host virtual ‘town hall meeting’ next Friday
Next Friday (19th), local MP Tim Farron will host a virtual 'town hall meeting' for residents in the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency.
12 Feb 2021
Dental targets putting patient safety at risk – MP
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the Minister for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care, Jo Churchill, to urge the Government to abandon dental targets which are putting patient safety at risk.
11 Feb 2021
MP calls on Government to keep manifesto promise of £500m fund for youth services
South Lakes MP Tim Farron and Liberal Democrat Police and Crime Commissioner candidate for Cumbria Mark Christie, have written to the Government to ask them to honour their manifesto commitment to provide £500m for youth services.
10 Feb 2021
MP calls for Government to stop Cumbria coal mine plans
Commenting on the breaking news that controversial plans for a new coal mine in Cumbria will be reconsidered by Cumbria County Council's planning committee, local MP Tim Farron said: "The very fact that this application is going back to the planning committee because it might not meet the requirements of the Climate Change Act shows exactly why this mine shouldn't be going ahead.
9 Feb 2021
MP demands DEFRA Secretary compensate Flookburgh fishermen
In the House of Commons last night, South Lakes MP Tim Farron called on the Government to compensate local fishermen in Flookburgh after it was announced that they have been banned from exporting live shellfish into the European Union.
9 Feb 2021