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Search underway for Trustees for new South Lakes mental health charity
Local MP Tim Farron has joined the search for Trustees to lead a new mental health charity based in South Lakeland.
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MP urges minister to give new bank fraud reimbursement scheme teeth to reimburse past victims
In Parliament this morning, South Lakes MP Tim Farron made the case for a new reimbursement scheme to be made available to past victims of online banking scams.
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MP elected vice chair of new cross-party group on eating disorders
Local MP Tim Farron has been elected as a vice chair of a new all-party parliamentary group aimed at campaigning for earlier intervention and access to treatment for people with eating disorders.
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MP welcomes appointment of cabinet member for climate emergency at South Lakeland District Council
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has praised the move by t he local Lib Dem district council to put the climate emergency at the heart of its decision making.
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MP presses minister to increase minimum wage to combat rising child poverty in the South Lakes
In the House of Commons this afternoon, local MP Tim Farron urged ministers to raise the minimum wage to tackle rising poverty in the South Lakes.
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MP urges minister to give Cumbrian towns their fair share of new funding
Local MP Tim Farron is lobbying the Government to give towns in Cumbria a fair share of a new funding initiative.
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MP backs NFU call for Government rethink over changes to farmers payments
South Lakes MP and chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming Tim Farron is backing calls from the National Farmers' Union (NFU) to rethink plans to farmers' incomes.
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MP responds to Morecambe Bay Trust CQC inspection
Commenting on the news that University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as 'Requires Improvement' by the Care Quality Commission, local MP Tim Farron said:
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MP urges minister to start investing in preventative mental health care for Cumbria
In the House of Commons this week, local MP Tim Farron urged the Government to stop robbing Cumbria of money for vital preventative mental health care.
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MP presses United Utilities to get on with Burneside sewer flood relief scheme
Local MP Tim Farron has met with United Utilities to tell them to stop dragging their feet over a sewer flood relief scheme for Burneside.