MP slams 'broadband tax' as unfair to South Lakes residents
Tim Farron MP has today slammed the governments plan to charge people with fixed phone lines 50p per month to help fund ultra-fast broadband has been condemned as "unfair".
1 Mar 2010
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Farron calls on the NWDA to reject University Of Cumbria's business plan unless they commit to keeping all students at Ambleside
Local MP Tim Farron has called on the North West Development Agency not to accept the revised University of Cumbria's business plan which contains within it the moving of teaching students from Ambleside to Lancaster & Carlisle.
26 Feb 2010
Farron calls on government to lift cap on student places
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on Lord Mandelson to scrap the artificial cap that HEFCE, the Higher Education Funding Council for England, has placed on institutions taking students to study at foundation degree level.
25 Feb 2010
Farron backs moves to bring new students to Ambleside
Local MP Tim Farron has written to government ministers asking them to support plans for an international hotel school at Ambleside camps.
25 Feb 2010
Comeback planned for successful campaign to boost Lakes visitor numbers
A successful campaign to boost visitor numbers to the Lakes after Foot and Mouth in 2001 is set to be re-launched by local MP Tim Farron and local business leaders.
25 Feb 2010
Servicemen set to miss out on election warns Farron
Changes to voting rules which would ensure local servicemen and women from South Lakeland serving abroad have the opportunity to vote in the forthcoming General Election are required urgently, according to local MP Tim Farron.
24 Feb 2010