Commenting on the Government's new sweeping rail reforms announced this morning, local MP and chair of the rail group Cumbria Better Connected Tim Farron said: "For too long, rail passengers in Cumbria have suffered at the hands of a fragmented and broken franchise system.
Local MP Tim Farron has written to the Home Secretary Priti Patel, urging her to introduce a new visa to fix the crisis in staff shortages across the Lake District hospitality and tourism industry.
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick offered to work with local MP Tim Farron to bring a new Government affordable housing scheme to the South Lakes.
and weakening British environmental and animal welfare standards, by preparing to sign up to a free trade deal with Australia.
Commenting on today's news that the Indian variant of COVID-19 has been detected, according to the county's public health director, Tim said: "The news that the Indian variant has been detected in Cumbria should not be a cause for panic - but we must be careful.
This afternoon, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the Health Secretary Matt Hancock, urging him to drop "dangerous and counter-productive" plans to introduce calorie labelling in hospitality venues.
