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
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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
DEFRA minister speech fails to answer key questions - Farron
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has accused the DEFRA Minister Andrea Leadsom of failing to answer key questions about the future of the farming industry in a speech she gave to the NFU today, saying she offered only "empty platitudes".
21 Feb 2017
Business rate hikes will hit local tourist industry - Farron
Thousands of local hotels, pubs, museums and camping sites could be set to see their business rates soar once new changes take effect from April, in a change which local MP Tim Farron has slammed as "massively damaging" for the local tourist economy.
21 Feb 2017
St Cuthbert's pupils meet local MP
South Lakes MP Tim Farron met pupils from St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School in Windermere on Friday, to find out more about the work they had been doing about the Holocaust.
20 Feb 2017