Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has today announced the party's plans to invest over £42million more in schools and colleges in Cumbria over the next parliament. Under Conservative plans, 746 teachers would be cut from Cumbrian schools.
One hundred and twenty thousand pensioners living in Cumbria will receive at least an extra £772 per year under Liberal Democrat manifesto plans to protect the 'triple lock' for state pensions.
South Cumbrian MP and Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has announced the Lib Dems would plug funding gaps for the NHS and social care by putting a penny on income tax, in their first major manifesto commitment of the election campaign.
Local MP Tim Farron has congratulated local Liberal Democrat councillors following the county council elections yesterday.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has slammed the Conservative government for removing housing benefit from 100 young people across Cumbria. The Liberal Democrats have committed to reversing the cut, which took effect from April 2017.
Local MP Tim Farron has called for an urgent cash injection for our social care system, as a second care home in Kendal has been rated 'inadequate' in a month.
