South Lakes MP Tim Farron has slammed the Conservative government for removing housing benefit from 100 young people across Cumbria. The Liberal Democrats have committed to reversing the cut, which took effect from April 2017.
Local MP Tim Farron has called for an urgent cash injection for our social care system, as a second care home in Kendal has been rated 'inadequate' in a month.
South Lakes MP and Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has committed to ending the scandal of rough sleeping in Britain.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has accused the Conservatives of letting local people down, after the Rail Minister this week refused to give a date for the electrification of the Lakes Line.
South Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has backed a report, published today, which slams the government's school funding policy. He has accused the government of pursuing an ideologically-driven agenda to promote new free schools while cuts mean Cumbria faces the loss of over 600 teachers by 2020.
Figures released today show that South Lakeland has the lowest level of obesity of any area in Cumbria. South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed this news, but insists that far more still needs to be done to tackle the obesity crisis.
