Tim Farron, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale and Chair of the Hill Farming APPG, has welcomed this morning's announcement that DEFRA will be re-launching their Basic Payment Scheme claim system, with the reintroduction of paper forms.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that unemployment in Westmorland & Lonsdale is 174 people lower than a year ago.
SouthLakes MP Tim Farron has met with Health Minister Norman Lamb MP in Westminster yesterday to keep the pressure up for a new radiotherapy centre in Kendal.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed todays Budget announcement, and news that the UK is now the fastest growing of any advanced economy in the world.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that local apprentices will receive a 20% increase in their pay from October. The announcement is part of a package of measures to increase pay of 1.4 million people in the UK.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that the government has launched the most wide-ranging review of national business rates in a generation - paving the way for changes to how businesses across England pay the tax. Tim has been calling for a review of business rates since 2013.