MP calls on Business Secretary to cap price of heating oil
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has urged the new Business Secretary to introduce a price cap on heating oil to protect off-grid homes from spiralling prices this winter.
9 Nov 2022
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Revealed: 30,000 Morecambe Bay patients waited over two weeks for GP appointment in September
More than 30,000 patients across Morecambe Bay waited more than 2 weeks to see a GP in September, new research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed .
4 Nov 2022
MP pushes for support to farmers hit by bird flu epidemic
On the floor of the House of Commons yesterday, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron urged ministers to give financial support to farmers who are set to be hammered this winter due to the bird flu epidemic.
2 Nov 2022
MP challenges Health Secretary to save Ambleside and Hawkshead GP surgeries
On the floor of the House of Commons this morning, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron urged the new Secretary of State, Steve Barclay, to intervene to save the under threat GP surgeries in Ambleside and Hawkshead
1 Nov 2022
MP calls on Government to keep triple lock pledge to protect 114,000 Cumbrian pensioners
The Conservative Government's threat to scrap the triple lock on pensions would cost pensioners in Cumbria a colossal £47million, new analysis by the Liberal Democrats has found.
31 Oct 2022
MP CALLS FOR URGENT PLAN TO SOLVE LOCAL CANCER BACKLOG
Today, Tim Farron MP has called new data that revealed 312 people were left to wait over two weeks to see a cancer specialist after a GP referral by Morecambe Bay NHS Trust and 243 patients within North Cumbria's NHS Trust, "disgraceful".
31 Oct 2022