The campaign to bring emergency services back to Westmorland General Hospital gathered pace today after local MP Tim Farron put forward his case for re-opening the coronary care unit to Health Ministers in Parliament.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is campaigning to raise awareness of bowel cancer with former TV presenter Lynn Faulds Wood who was diagnosed with bowl cancer a few years ago.
Local MP Tim Farron has praised the government's announcement to bring in a raft of new measures to boost access to high speed broadband in rural areas.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today launched a 'bring back our bridge' campaign for Backbarrow. The village's footbridge collapsed during the floods last autumn, and at the same time the road bridge in the village was severely damaged. Neither bridge has yet reopened.
Commenting on the report released this week by ACT (Action with Communities in Cumbria) on 'The Rural Share of Deprivation in Cumbria', local MP Tim Farron has said that radical tax proposals are vital to lift thousands of people in the South Lakes out of poverty.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today written Prime Minister David Cameron to invite him to take a holiday in the Lake District this year as part of a campaign to boost British tourism.