South Lakes MP Tim Farron has asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt to lend his support to plans for a memorial to the Windermere Boys – the 300 Jewish Children who came to Troutbeck Bridge in 1945 after the holocaust.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the Health Secretary Victoria Atkins, urging here to support rural doctors surgeries after a shocking new report revealed that some of our local GP practices are on the brink of closure.
On the floor of the House of Commons, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Mel Stride, to urgently review the rules which are hampering farmers being able to access Universal Credit.
The Liberal Democrats have selected local resident Andy Hull to be their candidate for the upcoming Westmorland and Furness Council by-election in the Grange and Cartmel ward.
On the floor of the House of Commons yesterday, local MP Tim Farron challenged Treasury ministers to invest in reducing the backlog of cancer patients in Cumbria waiting months for vital treatment.
Later this month, South Lakes MP Tim Farron will take on the Coniston 14 road race to raise money for CancerCare North Lancashire and South Cumbria.
