South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that recommendations to recoup the £8million High Needs Overspend from the Schools budget of Cumbrian schools have been withdrawn. However, Tim has insisted that the government must properly fund Cumbria's High Needs Budget, adding that "Government underfunding continues to hurt the neediest pupils".
A popular national chess competition is at risk of disappearing following a recent tax hike by the government. South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has urged the Chancellor to exempt it from VAT so that local students can continue to participate.
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron cut the ribbon to officially reopen Sedbergh Post Office following its modernisation and refurbishment.
The "utter incompetence" of the Government's Rural Payments Agency will leave taxpayers to foot the bill. South Lakes MP Tim Farron is demanding immediate action from the Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom MP.
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has uncovered figures showing that a local health trust has raised almost a million pounds through car parking fees in the last year.
A damning government inquiry published this week about late-night hospital discharges for elderly patients must lead to real reform, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has insisted.
