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MP joins fundraising drive to replace school climbing frame
Local MP Tim Farron has joined Crosscrake Primary School's fundraising drive to replace their climbing frame after it was condemned.
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Forward Diary: 10 to 16 November 2008
Tim will travel to Westminster on Monday for a meeting with the national cancer tsar, Prof Mike Richards, to press the case for a cancer treatment centre in Kendal.
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"Cut in interest rates won't be a panacea for farming industry" says Farron
The Bank of England's surprise decision to cut UK interest rates to 3%, the lowest level since 1955, was welcomed by Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA Tim Farron MP, but he has warned that this…
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"Post Offices the hub of rural communities" says Farron
Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA Tim Farron MP today asked the Department to do more to protect rural communities by calling on the Government to expand the rural post office network.
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Comment from Tim Farron on Barack Obama election
"Like many others, I spent the early hours of the morning eagerly waiting the news that we had all been hoping for. The news, that America now has its first black President.
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"Displaced dental patients should be allowed to return to NHS" says Farron
Local MP, Tim Farron has welcomed confirmation from the Cumbria PCT that a new NHS dentistry will be established in the New Year; but has asked for assurances that patients forced to go private after…
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"DEFRA 'dangerously out of touch' over threat to bee population" says Farron
Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA was Tim Farron was on hand today to welcome members of the British Beekeepers' Association who gathered in Parliament to deliver their petition to 10 Downing…
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"Train services must be improved" says Farron
Local MP Tim Farron and Dick Smith from the Lakes Lone Rail Users' Group (LLRUG) met yesterday with the Chief Executive of Virgin train , Tony Collins, to discuss rail issues facing residents of…
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Farron demands DEFRA issue progress report over TB vaccine
Following the announcement of a joint DEFRA-industry group to investigate the spread of bovine TB, Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA Tim Farron MP has called for an immediate progress report on the…
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Ending EU restrictions would bring relief to family food budget
Proposals to ease the tough restrictions on the appearance of fruit and vegetables would help families with their weekly food budget according to Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA Tim Farron MP.