Westmorland, Furness and Eden
Liberal Democrats

News

Local MP invokes new Sustainable Communities Act to call for moratorium on post office closures

Tim Farron has sought to use the new Sustainable Communities Act in his bid to save post offices. He has called on the government to halt plans to close thousands of post office branches until the long-awaited Sustainable Communities Act comes into effect this autumn. The Act, which passed into law late last year, would require the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to write to all local authorities requesting a 'sustainability statement' that would identify the most crucial local services.

26 Feb 2008
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Farron tells ministers "give farmers a fair deal or risk the security of Britain's food supply"

Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat Countryside Spokesman, has today issued a parliamentary motion calling for the government to intervene to guarantee UK food security by tackling the steady decline in the number of farm units due to financial pressures. Mr Farron says that this decline is due to developments such as the shocking decline in the quota price of milk in the last twenty years, which has crashed from circa 32 pence/litre in 1988 to circa 1 pence/litre in 2008.

20 Feb 2008
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"One year on and still no Grayrigg enquiry" - Farron

As the first anniversary of the tragedy approaches, local MP Tim Farron has repeated his call for a public inquiry into the cause of the train derailment at Grayrigg in February last year. Mr Farron has met with Transport Ministers in the past to urge them to carry out an inquiry, and has also written to the Prime Minister on the issue.

20 Feb 2008
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Farron asks Competition Commission to look into Pubco conduct

Local MP Tim Farron has written to the Competition Commission today asking that they look into the conduct of pub chains in relation to lessees. Mr Farron has tabled a Commons Motion criticising the pub chains that have in many cases been raising rent and other costs, forcing many pub landlords into hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of debt.

20 Feb 2008
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