Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron, today was re-elected chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming. The group also revealed plans to launch a survey to all of Britain's hill farmers, including hundreds in Cumbria, to review to recent changes in funding, which aimed to improve the quality of life for Hill Farmers across the South Lakes.
A new £10m Anaerobic Digestion Loan Fund (ADLF) for new plants could allow the South Lakes to pioneer a green energy future says South Lakes MP Tim Farron.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed this weeks announcement by the Payments Council that cheques will continue to be used for as long as customers need them. The target for possible closure of cheque clearing in 2018 has also been scrapped after a campaign run in the South Lakes.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has challenged Cumbria County Council leader Eddie Martin to spend a day with him doing a job of a member of staff whose pay will be slashed under the council's controversial Single Status plans.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has celebrated a major victory after the University of Cumbria decided at their council meeting yesterday that they would bring students back to the campus after a long running campaign to save the site.
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has today received confirmation from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport that Cumbria has been allocated indicative funding of £16.8 million towards the costs of the rural broadband project.
