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Farron welcomes grant opportunities for local green projects
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the Green Insurance Company's 'Green Grants' initiative which offers £40,000 worth of funding to worthy organisations in the UK.
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MP wins long battle to scrap second home council tax subsidy
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, has won a lengthy battle today as the government announced that local councils will no longer be forced to provide up to a 50% subsidy on Council Tax for second home…
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Funding win will create 500 jobs and could transform Kendal
A new £2.75million grant will create 500 South Lakes jobs and safeguard a further 250,and could potentially transform Kendal, says local MP, Tim Farron, who worked as part of a team to win the award.
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Farron welcomes £150 million investment in rural mobile phone coverage
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the announcement by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander that the government is offering an extra £150 million investment in providing greater mobile…
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Farron calls on Director General to re-think Radio Cumbria cuts in face to face meeting
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron today met BBC Director General Mark Thompson and called on him to re-think his planned 20% cuts to BBC Radio Cumbria.
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Farron celebrates local charity champions
In the run-up to this year's national Trustees' Week, which runs from 31 October - 6 November 2011, local MP Tim Farron is thanking local charity staff, volunteers and trustees for their dedicated…
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MP launches 'Support our Soldiers' Christmas parcel appeal in Kendal
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today joined with Barclays Bank staff to launch the 2011 'Support our Soldiers' Christmas parcel appeal.
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MP welcomes news that farm crime in Cumbria has dropped by nearly 10%
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the news that burglaries and thefts from farms in Cumbria have dropped by nearly 10 per cent in the first half of this year.
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Farron calls for full Ovarian cancer awareness campaign
Speaking in a debate in Parliament today South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, called on the Government to include Ovarian Cancer in its campaign to raise awareness of different forms of Cancer. Tim used the…
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MP welcomes government's £4M cash boost for Cumbria schools
S outh Lakes MP Tim Farron and Children and Families Minister Sarah Teather, have announced a cash boost for Cumbria's schools through the Pupil Premium this year - more than originally expected.
