This afternoon, South Lakes MP Tim Farron and Cumbria Tourism's Managing Director Gill Haigh met with Tourism Minister Nigel Huddleston to make the case for business and wage support for hospitality and tourism businesses over the upcoming winter months.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the Prime Minister urging him to scrap plans to ban pubs from serving alcoholic drinks to take away.
Commenting on this afternoon's announcement from the Prime Minister that support for the self-employed will be doubled from 40% to 80% of trading profits, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron said: "I'm delighted that the Government have listened to calls to give the self-employed the same level of support offered to workers on furlough.
Commenting on the news that the Government are set to strengthen the Trade and Agriculture Commission to scrutinise future trade deals, South Lakes MP Tim Farron said: "This is welcome news and I want to pay tribute to the tireless campaigning of the NFU in forcing the Government's hand on this.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is calling on the Government to give self-employed people the same 80% wage support as given to those on the furlough scheme to help them cope during a second national lockdown.
Local MP Tim Farron has written to the Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick, urging him to immediately reconsider plans to give South Lakeland and Eden £400,000 less in COVID-19 support than the other four local authority areas in Cumbria.
