Frontline ambulance staff and union representatives are backing Tim Farron MP's call for an Urgent Care Centre to be set up at Westmorland General Hospital to alleviate the A&E crisis in Lancaster.
The Lib Dem-run district council has earmarked over £170K to upgrade and improve Kendal Marketplace, as part of a £200K project. Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the plans, saying they will transform the town centre.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron gave the after-dinner speech at the Kendal Ladies' Dinner Club last night. The meeting was their first of the New Year, as well as their first at their new venue at the Carus Green Golf Club House.
A green initiative put in place by South Lakeland District Council has already started to save money and reduce emissions. Local MP Tim Farron has praised the scheme as "another example of the Lib Dem-run council's green credentials."
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has called for serious criminal cases to be dealt with more quickly, as it is revealed that a number of individuals charged with sexual offences in Cumbria were on bail for almost two years.
New research released today into the impact of dementia on farming families shows that more needs to be done to support farming communities, according to South Lakes MP Tim Farron.
