Social care is not safe in the hands of the Conservatives, according to Cumbrian Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives today were in disarray as they failed to back a Lib Dem call for more social care funding.
Local MP Tim Farron has paid tribute to the police following an incident today which saw armed police arrest six people in Grange-over-Sands.
Fourteen schools in Cumbria, including five in South Lakeland, are among those which have been awarded cash to upgrade school buildings that are in poor condition or have health and safety concerns. Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the funds, but warned that they are a "drop in the ocean" compared to what's needed, adding that local schools face vast cuts by 2020.
Today local MP Tim Farron has written to the Environment Secretary calling for an immediate review into the emergency housing of free range chickens in South Lakeland.
Virgin Trains and Network Rail have today agreed to scrap plans to vastly reduce the size of the taxi rank at Oxenholme Train Station.
Local MP Tim Farron was on hand on Friday to officially open new facilities at Coniston Sailing Club, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.