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MP congratulates Heron Hill Primary School pupils on national beekeeping award
Local MP Tim Farron has praised the efforts of pupils from Heron Hill Primary School after they won a national award for their work beekeeping.
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MP secures minister’s promise over NHS contract to fix Cumbria’s dental crisis
Local MP Tim Farron has today secured a commitment from the Government to roll out a new NHS contract to Cumbria to address a serious shortage of NHS dentists in the county.
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MP welcomes news that vital school service in Cumbria is saved
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the news that a service in Cumbria which alerts schools if an incident of domestic violence has taken place at the home of one of their pupils has been…
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MP to lead Parliamentary debate on Cumbria dental crisis
This Wednesday, South Lakes MP Tim Farron will hold a debate in Parliament to urge the Government to address the dental crisis in Cumbria.
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MP hails community campaign success as new trains come to the Furness and Lakes lines
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the arrival of brand-new trains on the Furness and Lakes lines this morning.
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MP welcomes Cumbrian climate emergency campaigners to Parliament
This week local MP Tim Farron welcomed campaigners from across Cumbria to Parliament as part of a mass lobby urging MPs to address the climate crisis.
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MP and hospitality leaders lobby minister to abandon ‘damaging’ immigration plans
This week, South Lakes MP Tim Farron led a group of hospitality leaders to meet with immigration minister Caroline Nokes to ask her to scrap plans which would make it much harder to recruit staff.
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MP presents health minister with case for Kendal radiotherapy centre
Yesterday, local MP Tim Farron presented the business case for a satellite radiotherapy unit at Westmorland General Hospital during a meeting with the health minister Seema Kennedy.
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MP and local councillors back campaign to cut speed limit on ‘dangerous’ Kendal road
South Lakes MP Tim Farron and local Liberal Democrat councillors are backing residents campaigning to reduce the speed limit on the A684 Singleton Park Road in Kendal.
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MP signs cross-party letter demanding urgent investment for South Lakes schools
Local MP Tim Farron has signed a cross-party letter calling for Theresa May to plug the funding gaps faced by local schools as one of her final acts as Prime Minister.
