Following the Conservatives' billion-pound deal with the DUP, South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has said that "If austerity is over, the government should tell our Head Teachers." This £1bn bung could have paid for an extra teacher in every secondary school in the UK for the next five years, research by the Lib Dems has revealed.
Today's Queen's Speech shows a slimmed-down government on the edge, according to South Lakes MP Tim Farron, who says it provides no solutions to the biggest issues the country faces.
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has issued a plea to South Lakes homeowners to provide respite accommodation to victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has said the Conservative government must use tomorrow's Queen's speech to cancel the cuts to education, health and social care.
Local MP Tim Farron last week met with pupils from Sedbergh Primary School while they were on a visit to the Houses of Parliament.
