South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the Department for Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey to make the case for a 'poverty impact assessment clause' which would force the Government to take into account how a new law would affect those living in poverty before passing it.
Today, Liberal Democrats in South Lakeland have launched their election manifesto - Putting South Lakeland first - ahead of the local elections next month.
Local MP Tim Farron has warned that police cuts are leading to police officers not being able to be on the street to keep us safe.
Local MP Tim Farron will table a motion in Parliament next week criticising the Government's decision to reject new flood defences for Windermere.
Local MP Tim Farron is asking local businesses to write to the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy asking them to back his calls for greater investment in infrastructure in the South Lakes.
Local MP Tim Farron has pressed the Government to stop dragging their feet over a new study which looks into the effect that long travel times have on a cancer patient's ability to recover.
