MP’s running challenge raises over £6000 for South Lakes mental health charity
A mental health charity in Kendal has received a £6000 boost, after local MP Tim Farron completed his challenge to run every day in January.
2 Feb 2022
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MP secures meeting with Treasury minister over second homes crisis
On the floor of the House of Commons yesterday, South Lakes MP Tim Farron secured a meeting with the Financial Secretary to the Treasury about increasing council tax on second homes.
2 Feb 2022
Kendal Lib Dem councillors launch campaign to make it safer to cross Burton Road
Local Liberal Democrat councillors Doug Rathbone, Helen Ladhams, Eamonn Hennessy and Jonathan Brook have started a petition to make it safer for pedestrians to cross Burton Road.
1 Feb 2022
Sue Gray report shows why Boris Johnson must resign - MP
Commenting on the Sue Gray report into alleged gatherings in Downing Street during lockdown, South Lakes MP Tim Farron said: "The Sue Gray report just tells us what we've all known for some time now - that the people running the country in the middle of a pandemic were breaking lockdown rules while the British public stayed at home.
31 Jan 2022
MP challenges minister to invest in youth mental health services in Cumbria
In Parliament this week, South Lakes MP Tim Farron told ministers about the poor state of mental health provision for young people in Cumbria
30 Jan 2022
MP delivers 8,000 strong petition to Department for Health opposing hospital merger plans
This afternoon, local MP Tim Farron has handed in a petition to the Department for Health against controversial plans to merge Lancaster and Preston's hospital onto a single site.
26 Jan 2022