MP re-elected Chair of All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has been re-elected Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hill Farming at the group's Annual General Meeting.
16 Apr 2021
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Restore community policing to end scandal of 8,966 unsolved crimes in Cumbria, says Loraine Birchall
Local Liberal Democrat Police and Crime Commissioner candidate Loraine Birchall is calling for a return to proper community policing, after it was revealed that two in every three burglary cases in Cumbria went unsolved last year.
16 Apr 2021
Record NHS waiting list shows that front line staff will need more support - MP
Local MP Tim Farron says NHS front line staff desperately need more support, after it was revealed that 4.7 million people were waiting for routine operations and procedures in England in February - the most since 2007.
15 Apr 2021
MP welcomes minister’s commitment to scrap ‘outdated and outrageous’ law which criminalises people for being homeless
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the Government's pledge to scrap a pre-Victorian law which makes it a criminal offence to beg or be homeless on the street in England and Wales.
15 Apr 2021
MP formally asks Leonard Cheshire to pause decision to close Holehird care home
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the Chief Executive of Leonard Cheshire, Ruth Owen, formally asking her to put on hold plans to close Holehird care home in Windermere.
12 Apr 2021
Lib Dem Police and Crime Commissioner Candidate calls for dog theft to become a specific criminal offence
Liberal Democrat candidate for Cumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner Loraine Birchall is calling on the Government to make dog theft a specific criminal offence to combat the worrying rise during the pandemic.
12 Apr 2021