Heinz has announced plans to axe 45 jobs from its Kendal factory by transferring production of some of its infant milk products to New Zealand. Commenting on the news South Lakes MP Tim Farron said:
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed news this morning that unemployment has fallen again in South Lakeland.
A series of 330 free concerts this summer across England, bringing people from all backgrounds together to listen to the best local musicians, have been announced. South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that two of them are being held in Cumbria.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called for 'real and urgent action' to deal with the housing crisis we face, after statistics showed that many people cannot afford to buy a home in the villages they grew up in.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has joined a nationwide campaign to protect traditional local pubs and publicans from unfair trading conditions imposed by large pub companies, and is calling on local people to sign up on behalf of their own regular watering hole.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called for the county council and the NHS to meet the challenge of local healthcare, after Public Health England described Cumbria as one of the "worst" places in the country for health outcomes.
