MP encourages residents to have their say on hospital merger plans
Local MP Tim Farron is urging people in the South Lakes to have their say on the future of hospitals in South Cumbria and Lancashire.
24 Aug 2021
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MP presses Highways England to get on with A590 safety improvements after two serious accidents in two weeks
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.
18 Aug 2021
Cumbria Lib Dems at odds with Labour leader’s challenge of unitary decision
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.
9 Aug 2021
MP welcomes move to give pet thieves tougher sentences under new abduction law
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.
9 Aug 2021
MP launches petition to stop family homes being turned into second homes
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.
27 Jul 2021
Unesco stripping Liverpool of World Heritage Site Status must serve as wake up call to the Government over the future of the Lake District - MP
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.
22 Jul 2021