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MP supports local charity CancerCare by setting up a JustGiving page
MP Tim Farron has set up a fundraising page for local charity CancerCare North Lancashire and South Lakeland.
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Tim urges Gove and Laws to come to Cumbria and face teachers
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today written to Education Ministers Michael Gove and David Laws urging them to come to Cumbria to meet with teachers, parents and staff about the plans to radically…
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MP welcomes council plastic and kerbside recycling pilot in Kendal
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the news that South Lakeland District Council is to start a six month trial to collect plastic and cardboard from the kerbside.
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'Young people need to be supported to look at farming as a career' says MP
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has called on the Government to do more to help young people into the farming industry.
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Farron launches major campaign to defend small rural schools after County Council admits 'up to 32 could close'
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has today launched a major campaign to defend small rural schools after the Tory-Labour coalition at the County Council admitted in briefings that up to 32 small rural schools…
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Low unemployment figures "Welcome, but more needs to be done" says MP
MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron has welcomed figures revealed by the Office of National Statistics that placed Westmorland and Lonsdale with the lowest unemployment figures in England.
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MP invited new minister to come to Cumbria and visit the A590
Following the recent appointment of Stephen Hammond as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has invited the minister to visit Cumbria and the spot where the Greenodd…
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Pru launches her police bid manifesto
Liberal Democrat Police Commissioner candidate Pru Jupe was joined by Cumbrian MP Tim Farron and Chair of Parliament's Justice Select Committee Sir Alan Beith MP to launch her 'no police front desk…
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MP backs councillor's No10 petition to save vascular services
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on local residents to back a petition set up by Ambleside and Grasmere councillor Heidi Halliday, which is aiming to save vascular services for patients in the…
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'South Lakeland and Eden is rural broadband hub for the UK' says MP
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has heralded a major government investment in Cumbrian broadband as another step forward in his campaign to make the South Lakes and Eden the broadband hub of the UK.
