Latest Cumbria Tourism research reveals that business confidence levels are plummeting as the industry heads towards winter - prompting renewed calls for a winter package to support the county's tourism industry and save jobs.
Local MP Tim Farron has written to the Health Secretary urging him to intervene after local residents have been advised to travel as far away as Edinburgh Airport to be tested for COVID-19.
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, South Lakes MP Tim Farron secured the agreement of Health Secretary Matt Hancock to meet with members of the Catch Up With Cancer campaign amid fears of a national cancer emergency.
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, South Lakes MP Tim Farron urged ministers to support a compensation package for the three million workers who have been excluded from the Government's COVID-19 financial support schemes.
Local MP and Chair of the Cumbria Better Connected rail group, Tim Farron has welcomed plans drawn up by Network Rail to electrify the Furness Line as part of their environmental push to remove all diesel trains off the rail network by 2040.
On the floor of the House of Commons this week, South Lakes MP Tim Farron urged ministers to listen to teachers to avoid a repeat of this year's exam results fiasco.
