South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on the NHS, councils and clinical commissioning groups within the county to do more on mental health. Tim has asked them to give mental health the same parity as physical health. He has also called on them to sign up to a national agreement of outcomes and expectations called the Crisis Care Concordat.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron asked the Prime Minister to back his idea of a special rural fund to be created to protect rural services. The money would come from a 10% tax on second home owners.
Five years on from the 2009 Cumbrian floods that left many towns throughout our county deluged or underwater, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has praised communities for rebuilding and used the anniversary to press the government to do more on flood mitigation schemes.
Local MP Tim Farron is encouraging Cumbrians to get this season's flu injection in line with healthcare recommendations. Tim got a jab from Superdrug in the Westmorland Shopping Centre in Kendal on Monday afternoon.
South Lakes MP and opponent of on street parking charges Tim Farron has this morning welcomed the news that Cumbria county council has axed the plan to bring in on street car parking charges.
News that drivers in Cumbria are set to benefit from at least £30 million worth of road improvements over the next few years has been welcomed by South Lakes MP Tim Farron. £2 million worth of improvements to the county's motorways and major A road network are due to take place over the next few months, the bulk of these improvements being in the South Lakes.