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MP calls roundtable to save the 'Great North Swim'
Tim Farron MP is meeting with Great North Swim managers, businesses and others to plan a way forward to save the event next year.
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Tim gets Ministerial support for his call for an end to second home council tax subsidy
Speaking in the House of Commons this morning, Tim Farron, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, again called on the government to cut the council tax subsidy available to second home owners.
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Farron urges 'post office fight back' in the South Lakes
South Lakes Tim Farron MP has asked Lib Dem Postal Services Minister Ed Davey to ask to reinstate a Post Office in Cartmel and to help secure the future of Levens Post Office.
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First success for MP's Campaign for Better Rural Broadband
Tim Farron MP has secured the extension of the North Cumbria Broadband pilot scheme to cover the whole county.
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Farron confirms bright future for Torchlight after discussions with Cumbria Police
Tim Farron met last week with Cumbria's Chief Constable Craig Mackey to press for reassurances about the future of Kendal's popular torchlight procession.
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Cabinet Minister's first green round table held in the South Lakes
Cabinet Minister Chris Huhne MP held his first green round table meeting in the South Lakes this weekend with local schemes like Kentmere Hydro and manufacturers like Gilkes and NJO lighting from…
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Tim calls on Government to end second home subsidy
South Lakeland MP, Tim Farron, has today called on the Government to end second home council tax subsidy.
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Rural poverty report demands action - Farron calls for fuel duty reduction in Cumbria
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, is calling for the Rural Fuel Duty scheme which is to be piloted in the Scottish Highlands and remote Islands to be rolled out in England and, in particular the Lake…
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Farron launches Dentistry campaign
Tim Farron MP has today launched a campaign to clear the waiting list and allow every person in the South Lakes to have access to a NHS dentist.
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MP uses meeting with Deputy Prime Minister to call for National Park elections pilot
South Lakes Tim Farron MP has used a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to call for the Lake District to be a pilot scheme for direct elections to the governing bodies of the National…
