Local MP Tim Farron has joined 40 other MPs in writing to the Health Secretary and the Culture Secretary, asking that they support local and independent media through an increased share of public health communications spending.
Local MP Tim Farron has written to the Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick, asking him whether members of the public will be allowed go to Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) during the lockdown.
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed today's news that key workers will now be able to be tested for COVID-19 at Kendal's Westmorland General Hospital, thanks to the Morecambe Bay hospitals trust.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed last night's announcement from the Health Secretary that bereaved families of NHS and social care staff will receive £60,000 compensation.
Commenting on this morning's speech from the Prime Minister, South Lakes MP Tim Farron said: "The Prime Minister is absolutely right to say that the lockdown must continue.
Local MP Tim Farron is encouraging people in the South Lakes to not be put off from going to hospital if they think they are ill with something that isn't coronavirus.