Cloth-eared Conservative budget shows it’s time for a General Election - MP

Responding to the Chancellor’s budget today, Cumbria’s Lib Dem MP Tim Farron said: “People in Westmorland are waiting months for hospital treatment, and are struggling to see a GP or a dentist on the NHS.

“Many can't afford a home to stay, work and raise a family in the area they grew up in.

“And they are furious that our precious lakes and rivers are being polluted with sewage.

“Today's cloth-eared Conservative budget addresses none of this and it is telling about how little this Government cares about our area that he didn’t mention Westmorland or Cumbria once in his hour-long speech.

“The Conservatives are completely out of touch with local people. It’s time they put us all out of our misery and called a General Election.”