South Lakes MP Tim Farron has put down a motion in parliament to mark the 25th anniversary of the Westmorland General Hospital. Later this week Tim will attend the official anniversary celebration at the hospital.
Local MP Tim Farron visited the Beck Pre-School in Kendal on Friday to chat with the kids and read them a story, before officially launching the pre-school's new lottery.
Today was the last working day for Kendal Magistrates' Court and County Court. Local MP Tim Farron campaigned hard against the closure, and has today expressed his disappointment at the government's "short-sighted" decision to press ahead with the closure, which he says will damage local access to justice.
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron today addressed the summer conference of the Cumbrian Association of Secondary Headteachers in Bowness on Windermere. Tim said that the balanced parliament was an opportunity to force the government to listen to teachers, and reaffirmed his commitment to fighting against the Conservatives' planned cuts.
New figures published today reveal a massive increase in the number of primary school children studying in classes of more than 30 pupils over the last two years. South Lakes MP Tim Farron has accused the Conservatives of treating children like "battery hens" and insisted that the government must cancel the planned cuts to school budgets.
Data released today shows that 1 in 10 households in South Lakeland live in fuel poverty. This equates to more than 3700 South Lakes households, and over 26,000 across Cumbria. The figures show the first increase in fuel poverty since 2008. Local MP Tim Farron has blasted the figures as "shameful".
