South Lakes MP Tim Farron has added his voice to the calls for the Government to extend the ban on landlords evicting tenants during the coronavirus crisis.
Commenting on the news that schools and colleges were told not to issue BTEC results to students today, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron said: "The decision to pull BTEC grades last night is an insult to the half a million students who have now been left in limbo thanks once again to the incompetence of this Conservative Government.
Commenting on the news that A-level and GCSE students will be given grades estimated by their teachers, rather than by an algorithm, South Lakes MP Tim Farron said: "This is a very welcome U-turn from the Government - but it really shouldn't have taken all this time for them to wake up to the reality of the mess they have created.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has urged local NHS commissioners to intervene to make sure that patients in Windermere and Bowness have access to a reliable GP practice ahead of a crunch meeting to decide the future of Goodly Dale surgery.
Commenting on the news this morning from that GCSE results in Northern Ireland will be solely based on grades provided by teachers, South Lakes MP Tim Farron said: "Over the last few days my inbox has been inundated with heart-breaking stories of young people in the South Lakes failing to get into universities to help them get a career that they'd set their hearts on.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called the Government's approach to A-level grades 'shambolic' as disruption turns into distress for hundreds of sixth form students across the South Lakes.
