Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has teamed up with former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to ask the Government to confirm if they will provide the money for the planned upgrade of the A66.
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, local MP Tim Farron challenged government ministers to intervene over the lack of a dedicated mental health crisis team for young people in South Cumbria.
Local MP Tim Farron and local Lib Dem councillors are demanding answers after residents were left in shock following an unannounced controlled explosion at the new housing development on Allithwaite Road in Grange-over-Sands.
This afternoon, National Highways have told local MP Tim Farron that temporary safety improvements will be installed at junction 37 on the M6 between Kendal and Sedbergh.
Local MP Tim Farron has written to National Highways and the Department for Transport asking for urgent action to improve the safety at Junction 37 of the M6 after yet another crash took place today.
Commenting on today’s news that the High Court have quashed plans for a coal mine in Cumbria, local MP Tim Farron said: “It’s extremely welcome news that these environmentally backwards plans have finally been consigned to the dustbin where they belong.
