On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron asked the Housing and Planning Minister Rachel Maclean to give local councils and national park authorities the power to increase the number of affordable homes in Cumbria.
Tim Farron has been formally selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the new seat of Westmorland and Lonsdale at the next General Election.
New research published by the Liberal Democrats has revealed the impact of the social care crisis on the NHS in Cumbria, with medically fit patients left stuck in hospital beds waiting for care.
This morning, Tim Farron has started a petition calling for ticket offices in Cumbria to be saved.
Yesterday, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron met with representatives from Building Digital UK (BDUK); the body responsible for deciding where Government resources for broadband connectivity should be allocated, after funding for Murton and Warcop was pulled.
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, local MP Tim Farron challenged the Energy Minister to back a scheme to produce tidal energy on the Morecambe Bay.
