On Carers Rights Day, South Lakes MP Tim Farron and the Liberal Democrats have launched a campaign calling on the Government to raise Carer's Allowance by £1,000 a year, to help support 1,290 unpaid carers in South Lakeland during the coronavirus pandemic.
Commenting on today's news that Cumbria will be in Tier 2 restrictions from December 2nd, local MP Tim Farron said: "News of more restrictions is never welcome, however we should take encouragement from the fact that we can see the light at the end of the tunnel with a vaccine just round the corner.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has accused the Chancellor of failing to use yesterday's Comprehensive Spending Review to invest in cancer services to tackle the treatment backlog created by the COVID-19, and ultimately save lives.
In Parliament this afternoon, South Lakes MP Tim Farron told ministers that plans to reorganise Cumbria's councils in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic are "crackers" and "out of touch".
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has joined over 40 cross-party MPs in writing to the Prime Minister to call for hospital parking for NHS staff to be made permanently free.
On the floor of the House of Commons this week, local MP Tim Farron pressed ministers to use next week's Comprehensive Spending Review to invest in cancer services to help clear the huge backlog created by the COVID-19 crisis.