South Lakes MP Tim Farron has accused the DEFRA Minister Andrea Leadsom of failing to answer key questions about the future of the farming industry in a speech she gave to the NFU today, saying she offered only "empty platitudes".
Thousands of local hotels, pubs, museums and camping sites could be set to see their business rates soar once new changes take effect from April, in a change which local MP Tim Farron has slammed as "massively damaging" for the local tourist economy.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron met pupils from St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School in Windermere on Friday, to find out more about the work they had been doing about the Holocaust.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has visited an historic Windermere hotel to see the work that is being carried out as part of a £1million upgrade.
Local MP Tim Farron has signed up as the first member to launch the Brewery Arts Centre's new membership scheme.
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the launch of a new website showcases the best of Kendal, saying it would provide a boost to tourism and to local businesses.