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Farron backs Poppy Appeal
Local MP Tim Farron has added his name to a House of Commons motion in support of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal.
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MP blasts government for failing South Lakeland's children
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today blasted the government for failing to bring more children from South Lakeland out of poverty.
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MP calls for guidance over dispensing rule
MP Tim Farron has today called for Cumbria PCT to offer GP's guidance over when to proscribe medicines for over 28 days.
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Farron leads Commons debate on affordable homes for rural areas
The government must tackle the causes of rural Britain's affordable housing crisis if they are to prevent an exodus of young people from Britain's rural areas according to Liberal Democrat Rural…
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Farron calls for public bodies to buy British
Government departments and public bodies such as hospitals should be buying more British food to ensure that animal welfare concerns are built into their procurement policies according to Liberal…
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Cumbria Tourism needs a new deal
MP Tim Farron has hit out at the Government's appalling lack of support for Cumbria Tourism and has called for a fair deal to allow the county's tourism 'product' to be better sold.
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Hill farmers earning £4 below hourly minimum wage
Hill farmers are earning as little as £1.60 an hour according to figures uncovered by Shadow Defra Secretary Tim Farron MP, who believes that hill farming could die out within a decade unless the…
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MP welcomes new deal to make Morecambe Bay safer
Tim Farron was the chief witness at the signing of a new agreement between Cumbria's Fire and Rescue Service and Bay Search and Rescue.
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Fire Service call centre closure would put local lives at risk- Farron meets local Officers' to back their campaign
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has met with a group of local firefighters from Cumbria to discuss the government's FireControl Project which plans to close down Cumbria 's fire emergency control room…
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Report reveals lack of affordable housing in rural Britain
More funding is needed to help solve Britain's affordable housing crisis according to Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs Spokesperson Tim Farron MP, who was commenting after a report from the Commission…