Last night, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron put down an amendment to the Government's Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill which would give local councils the power to ensure that all new housing is affordable.
Today Cumbrian MP Tim Farron, has written to the Health Secretary to demand a guarantee that plans for the new Royal Lancaster Infirmary will go ahead and its location will be accessible.
On the floor of the House of Commons last night, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron urged the new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to ditch plans to cut stamp duty, over fears that it will lead to even more people buying second homes in the Lake District.
Responding to the breaking news that the new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has ripped up the Government's mini budget, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron said: "Let's be clear: this emergency statement is not in response to an external crisis, a war, a pandemic or global energy prices - it's in response to the ongoing crisis in the Conservative Government.
In Parliament last night, local MP Tim Farron made the case for MPs to vote on future international trade deals to stop farmers in Cumbria from being "thrown under a bus".
On the floor of the House of Commons this morning, South Lakes MP Tim Farron challenged the Government to improve accessibility at Staveley railway station.
