Following what has been a very cold few days, the Department for Work and Pensions has automatically released additional support for thousands of benefit recipients in South Lakeland. Local MP Tim Farron is urging people to check they have received the support they are eligible for.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has paid tribute to Chris Hogg, the deputy mayor of Kendal, who will give his wife Rachael one of his kidneys later this year. Tim has also urged local people to look at becoming organ donors
South Lakes MP Tim Farron will hand over a 1,000-strong petition tomorrow from residents and businesses in Sedbergh calling for the Government to intervene and force the chief executives of both NatWest and Barclays to overturn their decision to close branches in the town.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has this morning welcomed the news that South Lakeland will gain £737,654 from the New Homes Bonus. Tim has called on the council to use some of that funding to improve facilities for young people on the Kendal Parks estate.
Measures to grant the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) powers to fine UK supermarkets have been laid in Parliament, Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced. This news has been welcomed by South Lakes MP and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming, Tim Farron, as a 'great win for farmers and suppliers'.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has thanked the Lib Dem-run South Lakeland District Council for putting a further £5,000 into a scheme announced yesterday to fund apprenticeships in the South Lakes.