Bank cash up for grabs for community projects
With just one week to go until the deadline, South Lakeland MP Tim Farron is encouraging local community projects to apply to a bank fund giving out grants of up to £35,000.
24 Feb 2017
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MP welcomes Council budget plans
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed South Lakeland District Council's budget plans for the year ahead, which were approved last night at a meeting of the full council.
23 Feb 2017
100% of local hospital day-beds occupied over last three months
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has slammed the government for putting the NHS under "extreme and unsustainable pressure" as NHS data released today shows that the occupancy rate during the last quarter for day-only beds at local hospitals was 100%. Tim is calling for an emergency NHS funding boost to be announced in the upcoming budget.
23 Feb 2017
10 years on - MP reflects on Grayrigg train crash
10 years on from the Grayrigg Train Crash, South Lakes MP Tim Farron reflects on this tragic incident which cost one passenger her life and stunned the local community.
23 Feb 2017
Farron calls for Morecambe Bay tidal lagoon
In a speech today at an event hosted by Policy Exchange, South Lakes MP Tim Farron will call for a tidal lagoon in Morecambe Bay, as part of a green industrial revolution to power the economy of the future.
22 Feb 2017
Cash-strapped local NHS needs urgent funding boost - Farron
Figures released this week show that the local NHS Trust posted a deficit of more than £13million at the end of the third quarter, with a predicted deficit of almost £17 million by the end of the financial year. South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the Chancellor calling for an urgent cash boost in the upcoming budget to support cash-strapped local health services.
22 Feb 2017