South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that major funding has been secured for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) after a cross-party campaign.
A petition created by local lawyers has been signed by nearly 200 people in just two days: https://www.change.org/p/the-ministry-of-justice-save-kendal-magistrates-county-court. The Westmorland Gazette has also launched a 'Keep Justice Local' campaign which Tim has backed.
The vice chancellor of the University of Cumbria, Professor Peter Strike, has announced he is to retire at the end of July 2016. South Lakes MP Tim Farron paid tribute to Mr Strike's 'leadership and dedication to Cumbria and Higher Education'.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed figures, released last week, that show unemployment in Westmorland & Lonsdale is 74 lower than June 2014.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that South Lakeland was yet again the top place in the county for businesses to start.
Liberal Democrat leadership candidate Tim Farron MP has commented on today's budget statement and pointed out that many of the changes that have been announced were stopped by the Liberal Democrats in the last Parliament.
