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MP welcomes action to fix Appleby Road after long campaign
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has thanked local residents and councillors David and Shirley Evans after Cumbria County Council agreed to fix Appleby Road.
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MP says "We must never forget" as he signs Holocaust Memorial Book
Monday 27th January will mark the 69th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death campAuschwitz-Birkenau, the site of the largest mass murder in history.
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MP: "Numbers add up for national numeracy initiative"
Local MP Tim Farron is supporting the National Numeracy Initiative, a campaign to reduce the number of adults in the UK with low levels of numeracy by over 1 million in the next five years.
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MP welcomes yet another fall in unemployment & 4th lowest jobless rate in the UK
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed todays unemployment figures from the Office of National Statistics, which show a further fall in the number of unemployed people in Westmorland and Lonsdale.
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MP steps up radiotherapy fight as bid for new unit is submitted
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has made a formal bid to NHS bosses calling for radiotherapy services to be brought to Westmorland General as soon as possible.
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MP presses ministers for more help for people who rent
South Lakes MP Tim Farron yesterday pressed Government Ministers to offer a 'better deal' for tenants in private rented properties.
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MP welcomes potential minimum wage rise
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that the Chancellor has said he wants to see an above-inflation increase in the minimum wage.
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MP echoes investigation call and asks people to come forward
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today echoed the call of the Chair of the Morecambe Bay Investigation panel, Dr Bill Kirkup and has asked anyone with evidence to who received unsatisfactory care to…
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MP calls on Cumbria to bid for further broadband cash
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on Cumbria County Council to bid for part of a new £10m pot, which aims to pilot alternative broadband technologies to help hook up the most remote areas to…
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MP holds Saturday advice surgery
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is holding his next advice surgery at Milnthorpe Methodist Church on Saturday morning.
