Local MP Tim Farron has branded the Conservative plans on heating oil a "slap in the face" for rural families in Cumbria as they offer off-grid homes just £100 extra help.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has nominated local farmer James Robinson for the Westmorland and Lonsdale's Community Farming Hero Award.
"Along with the whole of our country, I am utterly heartbroken by the news of the passing of Her Majesty the Queen.
Commenting on today's news that orthopaedic surgeon Shyam Kumar has won his tribunal case against the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after they were found to have unfairly dismissed him, local MP Tim Farron said: "It is deeply alarming that the Care Quality Commission - the body we are supposed to trust to protect patients and NHS staff - has been found guilty of wrongly dismissing a doctor who was raising serious safety concerns.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has called on the newly elected Conservative Leader Liz Truss to immediately freeze energy bills, to protect local families and businesses from soaring prices. It comes as the Liberal Democrats have tabled legislation in Parliament this week, signed by Tim to cancel October's energy bill rise - saving the average household around £1,500 this year. The draft Bill would also offer grants to small businesses of up to £50,000 to cover 80% of their energy bills, saving pubs, restaurants and high street shops from closing their doors this winter. The Liberal Democrats are calling on Conservative MPs in Cumbria to back their legislation to offer immediate help to local families and businesses with the cost of living crisis. Tim said: "The Conservatives have spent months failing to act on soaring energy bills, leaving local residents in despair and small businesses going to the wall. "They have shown they are completely out of touch with people in Cumbria struggling to get by. "Liz Truss must l
Local MP Tim Farron is demanding the Government rescue hundreds of small local businesses in Cumbria from soaring energy bills, warning that lack of action could see the area's high streets turning into "ghost towns."
