On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, South Lakes MP Tim Farron urged ministers to give support to the millions of people excluded from government support schemes, rather than providing tax cuts for second homeowners.
South Lakes MP and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Radiotherapy Tim Farron has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament urging the Government to boost cancer services to save lives being lost because of delays to treatment caused by COVID-19.
In Parliament this week, local MP Tim Farron slammed Government plans for a wholesale reorganisation of councils in Cumbria during the COVID-19 crisis.
Yesterday, South Lakes MP Tim Farron joined cross-party MPs, campaigners and Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis in presenting a 200,000-strong petition to the Treasury in support of those excluded from the Government's financial support schemes.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has told ministers that more still needs to be done to protect jobs in Cumbria's hospitality and tourism sector, after official figures show that South Lakeland has the highest proportion of furloughed workers in the country.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron says the Government must provide further financial support for the tourism sector after devastating new figures reveal that nine in ten businesses are set to make large scale redundancies as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
