Figures released this week reveal that 32,000 households across Cumbria don't have access to the gas grid. Eden has the highest proportion of households that aren't connected to the grid in all of…
Figures released today reveal that 69 police officers and staff have been slashed from Cumbria Police's front line in the last year, representing 4% of the workforce. South Cumbria MP Tim Farron said…
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the launch of a new employment service for those who are disabled or disadvantaged in the workplace. The service also provides support to employers.
A National Audit Office report published today (Thursday 26th Jan) has found that across the UK half a million ambulance hours were lost in 2015/16 due to turnaround times at A&E departments…
The Yorkshire Building Society's Windermere Branch is set to close under proposals announced today. South Lakes MP Tim Farron is due to meet the Chief Executive later this week, and will urge the…
This week, local MP Tim Farron has signed the Holocaust Educational Trust's Book of Commitment, to pledge his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and to honouring those who were murdered during the…
Vital plans to upgrade Cumbria's infrastructure to make it more flood resilient are set to be shelved following the government's decision to award Cumbria only a fraction of the funds it had…
The government's new Industrial Strategy is in danger of becoming little more than rhetoric unless the government matches it with real action, according to South Lakes MP Tim Farron.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed new NHS guidance which follows a campaign which began in the South Lakes to protect small rural GP surgeries. The new guidance highlights the difficulties…
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has slammed the government for putting rural jobs at risk, following the news that rural enterprises face the biggest increases in business rates.