Local MP Tim Farron is writing to Post Office Limited executives Julia Young and Richard Lynds, who head up the Network Change programme in the North West, in a last-ditch attempt to save Beetham, Leven Valley and Greenodd post offices. Post Office Limited are due to announce the final list of closures in the North West next week, on the 18th of June and Mr Farron is keen to press home the case for saving the three branches.
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed two lottery grants made by the Heritage Lottery Fund to projects in Kendal; namely £50,000 to Kendal Brewery Arts Centre for The Motto Project: 'Cloth is my bread,' and £130,000 to South Lakeland District Council for the Greenside Limekiln project. Mr Farron had previously raised concerns over the diversion of much needed cultural grants to help fund the Olympics, and is glad that the Heritage Lottery Fund have chosen to support culture in Kendal in this way.
Local MP Tim Farron has today spoken out against DEFRA proposals for the roll out of the bluetongue vaccine; in a recent answer to a Parliamentary Question, DEFRA merely noted that mass vaccination would hopefully be achieved "over the summer."
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed a legal decision in Wales which could lead to new safety restrictions being put in place in the Morecambe Bay area. The North Western Sea Fisheries Committee and Mr Farron have been pressing for a Fishery Order to be put in place so that fishing in the area can be carried out in a more safe and sustainable manner than has been the case in the past. Previously, the Crown Estate Commissioners had been blocking putting a Fishery Order in place, but a ruling in North Wales has set a precedent that they are unable to do this. The Crown is however appealing the judgement.
Local MP has tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons celebrating the work of CancerCare, a charity that has worked for 25 years providing free support, counselling and therapeutic services for cancer sufferers. The charity has now launched their Silver Jubilee appeal, which aims to raise £2.1m through people donating their loose silver change.
Local MP Tim Farron marked National Independent Shops week last week by helping out at Central Stores in Levens. Mr Farron operated the tills and helped to stack the shelves with owner Roger Atfield in an effort to gain an appreciation first-hand of the challenges facing small business owners.