Tim Farron MP has welcomed the announcement of increased rail services to Manchester Airport, as well as a commitment to push ahead with electrification, which the government has announced as part of the new franchise agreements.
Tim Farron MP has this morning called for more money to repair Cumbria's damaged infrastructure, and insisted that exceptional measures must be taken to reopen the A591.
Westmorland and Lonsdale Liberal Democrats' annual Christmas Fair has been cancelled, in order to raise money instead for flood victims.
Elsie Woof, a Sedbergh Primary School student, has won 1st Prize in Tim Farron's Christmas Card Competition.
Following the devastating flooding which has hit South Lakeland in the past few days, Tim Farron MP has called for second-home owners in the area to show "solidarity" with local people and offer their homes to those in need.
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron is calling on the UK government to apply for a grant from the EU's Solidarity Fund to help support communities devastated by flooding in Northern England.
