South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to Highways England, urging them to push ahead with plans for a roundabout at Gilpin Bridge near Levens after two major accidents on the A590 in the space of just two weeks.
Senior Liberal Democrats in Cumbria do not back the Labour leader of the county council for taking the decision to legally challenge the recently announced local government reorganisation.
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed reports that the Government's pet theft taskforce is set to recommend that a new law be created to give tougher sentences for criminals who steal pets.
This afternoon, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has started a petition calling for planning law to be changed to stop family homes being turned into second homes and holiday lets.
Commenting on the news that Unesco has stripped Liverpool of its World Heritage Site Status, South Lakes MP Tim Farron said: "This deeply alarming decision must serve as a wake up call to the Government to make sure that the same thing doesn't happen here to the Lake District.
Commenting on this evening's announcement from the Government about local government reorganisation in Cumbria, local MP Tim Farron said: "It speaks volumes about how little the Conservatives care about Cumbria that in the middle of a pandemic, when we're trying to get the economy back on track they decide to force on us a full-blown reorganisation of our local councils.
