MP presses United Utilities to get on with Burneside sewer flood relief scheme
Local MP Tim Farron has met with United Utilities to tell them to stop dragging their feet over a sewer flood relief scheme for Burneside.
15 May 2019
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MP secures agreement for the Lakes Line to be a case study for electrification
Local MP Tim Farron and the Lakes Line Rail User Group met with representatives from the Railway Industry Association (RIA) in Westminster this week as part of the campaign to electrify the Lakes Line.
14 May 2019
MP calls for all banks to follow TSB’s lead in fully compensating financial fraud victims
Local MP Tim Farron will table a motion in Parliament this week calling for all UK banks to follow TSB's lead in fully compensating all of their customers who are the victims of financial fraud.
14 May 2019
MP accuses Government of ‘fiddling whilst town centres burn’ over business rates plans
In the House of Commons yesterday, South Lakes MP Tim Farron poured scorn over the Government's plans for reforming business rates, saying they amounted to 'fiddling whilst town centres burn'.
14 May 2019
MP meets Stagecoach boss to push for better bus services for the Cartmel Peninsula
Improvements to bus services on the Cartmel Peninsula were on the agenda at a meeting this week.
10 May 2019
MP demands Network Rail ‘go back to the drawing board’ over summer closure
Local MP Tim Farron has written to the Chief Executive of Network Rail calling for an urgent rethink over plans to close a large section of the West Coast Mainline during the summer.
10 May 2019