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MP welcomes news that fell top weather service is saved
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has today welcomed news that the Lake District's winter fell top assessment service has been saved after a campaign.
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MP to argue in favour of fairer fuels
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, will be speaking this afternoon in the Fairer Fuels debate in the House of Commons.
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Farron welcomes dairy profit improvement but calls for more to be done
South Lakes MP Tim Farron welcomes dairy industry progress from deficit to profit but urges that the industry still needs ongoing support.
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Farron fights for local cockling rights
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has raised the issue of illegal cockling in Parliament, amid the closure of the North West cockle beds.
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Farron: Over 3,000 signatures in support of radiotherapy unit campaign is ‘overwhelming’
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has today thanked residents for the tremendous level of local support they have shown to the campaign to bring radiotherapy services to Westmorland General…
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900 children in Cumbria gain access to free early years education thanks to MP's lobbying
South Lakes MP Tim Farron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg are today announcing proposals to extend free early years education to 900 families with two-year-olds in Cumbria will be published by…
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MP calls on government to set up public inquiry on Grayrigg
In response to last week's verdict in the Inquest into the Grayrigg tragedy of February 2007, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has used Transport Questions to call on the government to set up a nationwide…
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MP welcomes recycling figures showing South Lakes as above average
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the release of recycling rates, showing South Lakes to be high up on the list.
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Farron calls on parish councils to use powers to help save local pubs
Following last week's successful British Pub Week, South Lakes MP Tim Farron, is calling on parish councils across South Lakeland to use the powers they have to help save local community pubs and…
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Greening farm payments could be counter-productive - Farron
Plans to make the Common Agricultural Policy more green could backfire spectacularly, says South Lakes MP Tim Farron.