Local MP Tim Farron has teamed up with the charity Independent Age to urge the Government to act after new figures revealed that 1,205 households in Westmorland and Lonsdale who are entitled to Pension Credit - designed to keep the least well-off pensioners out of poverty - are missing out on receiving the benefit.
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, South Lakes MP Tim Farron demanded that ministers intervened after reports of local teachers and pupils struggling to get tests for COVID-19.
This week South Lakes MP Tim Farron voted against Government measures which could lead to the governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland being able to undercut Cumbrian farmers.
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.
