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MP calls Cumbria County Council leader to pledge not to cut bus routes
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on Cumbria County Council leader Eddie Martin to publicly commit to protect rural bus services in the South Lakes.
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MP calls for Westminster debate on West Coast main line
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the Leader of the House, Sir George Young asking for a debate on the future of the West Coast Main Line and to allow all of the county's MP's to join together…
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Farron challenges South Lakes businesses to UK's top manufacturer
Cumbria MP, Tim Farron is today calling on business across the South Lakes to take part in a programme to find the UK's top manufacturer. Manufacturing Excellence from the Institution of Mechanical…
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MP backs #teamaliceontour fundraising drive
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is supporting Alice Pyne who is raising money, along with a number of cyclists, for Alice's Escapes, a charity that organises holidays in the Lake District for families of…
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MP meets Health Secretary over Radiotherapy Unit
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has heralded his meeting today with the Secretary of State for Health as 'a welcome step forward' in his campaign to bring radiotherapy services to the South Lakes.
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MP backs calls to improve 'dangerous A590 junction
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has lent his support to efforts to reduce further fatalities at the dangerous Foulshaw Lane junction on the A590.
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MP hails 3,200 new apprenticeships in Cumbria
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has hailed figures released today that show that, in Cumbria, 3,200 people have started an apprenticeship between August 2011 and January 2012.
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MP supports campaign to abolish 'up to' broadband charges
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has pledged his support to a campaign to end the unfair practice of charging customers for broadband services 'up to' a certain speed.
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MP holds football surgeries to engage with young people in Kendal
On Thursday local MP Tim Farron held another highly successful day of "Football Surgeries" with young people on three estates in Kendal. Tim played a series of five-a-side games with over a hundred…
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MP welcomes more money for additional school places in Cumbria
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron has welcomed the announcement that Cumbria will receive an additional £799,599 this year to relieve the pressure on school places.
