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Tim vows to fight on to save Ambleside campus
Local MP Tim Farron has today vowed to keep fighting to save the historic Charlotte Mason College from University of Cumbria plans to 'mothball' the site.
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Farron unearths figures showing £12 billion in wasted food
UK households throw out over £12billion of food waste a year according to figures obtained by Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson Tim Farron MP.
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Doubling of rural house prices shows Government's contempt for rural people says Farron
Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs spokesperson Tim Farron MP, has today said that young and first-time buyers in South Lakeland are in danger of being priced out of the market thanks to the huge…
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Send Gordon Brown a cancer unit reminder! - Tim's challenge to residents to prompt PM on local campaign
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is encouraging local people to give Prime Minister Gordon Brown a seasonal reminder of the campaign for a cancer treatment unit at the Westmorland General Hospital - and all…
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Farron hands over petition to university board as they debate proposal to close Ambleside campus
South Lakes MP Tim Farron last night formally handed-over his 3000-strong petition against the closure of Ambleside campus to the university's academic board. Among the signatures are some 1400…
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Farron celebrates cancer unit success!
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is today celebrating success after hearing that Kendal's Westmorland General Hospital has now officially been chosen as the preferred location for a new radiotherapy…
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MP pitches for IT apprenticeships scheme with local I.T company
Tim Farron secured a meeting with business and skills minister David Lammy to pitch for a deal that would create hundreds of new apprenticeships for new graduates.
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RPA in need of "urgent reform" says Farron after report slams agency debacle
The Rural Payments Agency must undergo "urgent reform" according to Liberal Democrat Shadow Defra Secretary Tim Farron MP, who has expressed his concern that farmers could continue to pay the penalty…
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National Park extension - let local communities decide in referendum, says Tim
"Controversial plans to extend the boundaries of the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales national parks should only be agreed if residents of the communities involved say 'yes' in a local referendum,"…
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'Dead on arrival? We don't know!' -Tim slams failure to record vital patient information
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has reacted angrily to news that local NHS bosses do not record vital information on patients who are dead on arrival at hospital - leading to suggestions of a cover-up of…