MP calls for Rural Fuel Duty Relief Scheme to be extended to Westmorland
In Parliament this morning, local MP Tim Farron called for the Government's Rural Fuel Duty Relief Scheme to be made available to rural communities in Westmorland.
In Parliament this morning, local MP Tim Farron called for the Government's Rural Fuel Duty Relief Scheme to be made available to rural communities in Westmorland.
Today, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron challenged ministers to provide more financial support for local hospices that are struggling with the soaring cost of energy bills.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron and local Lib Dem councillor Suzanne Pender visited the Ruskin Museum in Coniston to support the campaign to bring the Bluebird back to the Lake District.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has accused Royal Mail of turning their back on people in Sedbergh after failing to make a decision on the future of the town's delivery office.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has said he was "gobsmacked" after the Minister for Environment, Rebecca Pow, described attempts from local campaigners in Coniston and Staveley to protect lakes and rivers from sewage as "irrelevant".
An MP's long-running campaign to bring radiotherapy treatment to the South Lakes has been given a boost after it received backing from a leading cancer clinician.