On the floor of House of Commons this week, local MP Tim Farron asked Housing Minister Rushanara Ali to give local councils and national park authorities the power to increase the number of affordable homes in Cumbria.
Local MP Tim Farron has made fresh calls for radiotherapy treatment to be brought to Westmorland General Hospital after plans were to announced to move Royal Preston Hospital even further away from Cumbria.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has pressed the Minister responsible for digital infrastructure and telecoms, Sir Chris Bryant, to intervene to help communities in Eden which are experiencing poor broadband connections.
Long-standing Liberal Democrat councillor Neil Hughes has announced he will be stepping down as the councillor for Eamont and Shap next month, due to health reasons.
Local MP Tim Farron has written to the Chief Executive of Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust, Aaron Cummins, urging him to halt controversial and imminent plans to close hospital wards in Kendal and Barrow.
On the floor of the House of Commons last night, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron urged the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed, to take urgent action to protect Windermere from sewage dumping.
