Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has pressed the Minister responsible for digital infrastructure and telecoms, Sir Chris Bryant, to intervene to help communities in Eden which are experiencing poor broadband connections.
Long-standing Liberal Democrat councillor Neil Hughes has announced he will be stepping down as the councillor for Eamont and Shap next month, due to health reasons.
Local MP Tim Farron has written to the Chief Executive of Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust, Aaron Cummins, urging him to halt controversial and imminent plans to close hospital wards in Kendal and Barrow.
On the floor of the House of Commons last night, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron urged the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed, to take urgent action to protect Windermere from sewage dumping.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has met with Minister of State for Skills in the Department for Education, Baroness Jacqui Smith, to discuss the county’s staffing crisis in hospitality and tourism.
Local MP Tim Farron has secured a promise from the Secretary of State for Transport, Louise Haigh, to take rail companies to task over their poor performance in Cumbria.
