Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron has accused the Conservative Government of “neglecting” rural communities as new data reveals that only five police officers and staff are designated to the rural crime team in Cumbria - just 0.25% of the overall workforce.
Shocking new figures have revealed that the number of four-week waits for a GP appointment rose by 50% in North Cumbria last year.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has written to the Chief Executive of Network Rail after it has emerged that they had been informed of damage to a water pipe on the line just two days before the derailment.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is stepping up his calls for a tax on the profits of water companies to improve Britain’s sewage system, after the huge scale of sewage dumping in Cumbria was revealed.
Commenting on the report released today by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, that recommended that the Government should compensate women affected, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron said:
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt to lend his support to plans for a memorial to the Windermere Boys – the 300 Jewish Children who came to Troutbeck Bridge in 1945 after the holocaust.
