Last night in Parliament, local MP Tim Farron asked the Minister for Housing and Planning to allow local councils and national park authorities to limit the number of second homes in Cumbria.
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron asked the Secretary of State for Education to invest in level 4 agricultural apprenticeships for young people in Cumbria.
Local MP Tim Farron has written to the Managing Director of Avanti West Coast, Andy Mellors, urging him to take action on “unacceptable delays” which are leading to many passengers missing connections to South Cumbria.
Local MP Tim Farron, and Rishi Sunak the MP for neighbouring Richmond & Northallerton, met with the Roads Minister Lillian Greenwood this week to make the case for the planned A66 upgrade to go ahead.
In Parliament last night, local MP Tim Farron voted against the Government’s controversial family farm tax.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is urging local health bosses not to go ahead with controversial plans to close hospital wards in Morecambe Bay, in light of the NHS declaring it was seeing the highest level of pressure on its services.
