South Lakes MP Tim Farron gave the after-dinner speech at the Kendal Ladies' Dinner Club last night. The meeting was their first of the New Year, as well as their first at their new venue at the Carus Green Golf Club House.
A green initiative put in place by South Lakeland District Council has already started to save money and reduce emissions. Local MP Tim Farron has praised the scheme as "another example of the Lib Dem-run council's green credentials."
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has called for serious criminal cases to be dealt with more quickly, as it is revealed that a number of individuals charged with sexual offences in Cumbria were on bail for almost two years.
New research released today into the impact of dementia on farming families shows that more needs to be done to support farming communities, according to South Lakes MP Tim Farron.
The latest figures show that ever more people are having to make use of local A&E services. South Lakeland MP Tim Farron says this reinforces the need for an Urgent Care Centre in Kendal, as well as for extra investment in the NHS.
Plans to close Ulverston post office are "misguided" and threaten the community's access to services, according to South Lakes MP Tim Farron.
