Westmorland, Furness and Eden
Liberal Democrats

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Local MP launches last-ditch attempt to save Cross-Country service

Local MP Tim Farron has today tabled a parliamentary motion in an attempt to persuade the Government to re-examine the case for Cross-Country rail services. The Cross-Country franchise will change hands this month and direct services from the North West and Scotland to the South Coast will be removed, and passengers face the prospect of having to change trains during their journey, most likely at Birmingham New Street station.

20 Nov 2007
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"Animal disease levy must be scrapped" - Farron

Local MP Tim Farron has today expressed his dismay at the news that the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is considering imposing a levy on farmers to meet more of the costs incurred by major disease outbreaks. The amount that each farm pays will be based on the size of each farm and its operation. The news comes as DEFRA announced it was to make £300m of emergency cuts from its annual budget.

19 Nov 2007
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MP's YOUTH FORUM GIVES LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE A VOICE

Local MP Tim Farron is taking action on the concerns of young people, after the huge success of his latest Youth Forum where he met with 28 young people from right Westmorland and Lonsdale last Friday. The Youth Forum, which has been held a number of times before, discussed facilities for young people, affordable housing, climate change, transport and how the Government could relate to young people better. As has happened in previous years, Tim will now take forward the views of the young people in the form of letters to ministers and others in authority, parliamentary questions and parliamentary motions.

15 Nov 2007
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Farron queries spiralling Government department 're-branding' costs

Local MP Tim Farron has obtained figures which suggest a rise of some £115,000 in the cost of re-branding the Department for Trade and Industry as the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. The Minister claimed on October 25th that the cost of re-branding the Department would be £77,000, but in an answer to Mr Farron on the 12th of November, less than three weeks later, the Minister set the cost at £192,000.

14 Nov 2007
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Farron calls for flexibility and sensitivity from ministers on farm overpayments

Following a recent meeting with farmers in Westmorland and Lonsdale, Local MP and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming Tim Farron is today writing to Farming Minister Lord Rooker to ask that the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs looks into offering flexible options for the repayment of Single Farm Payment overpayments where they occur.

14 Nov 2007
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