Less than a year since its introduction, new figures show nine companies and entrepreneurs across Westmorland & Lonsdale have benefited from nearly £40,000 worth of funding from the Government's Start Up Loans scheme.
Lakes MP Tim Farron was one of just 52 MP's to vote for a moratorium on fracking yesterday in the House of Commons. Tim has also welcomed the news that the Government agreed to protect the National Parks from fracking.
On Saturday night South Lakes MP Tim Farron joined local police officers out on the beat in Kendal town centre. Tim asked to go out with the police to get a taste of what life on the frontline is like for them.
Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that the government is supporting calls for a long-term commitment to cycling and walking.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has highlighted research from the Campaign for Better Transport that shows that Cumbria County Council has cut the most financial support to public transport of all North West authorities. Tim has today urged the council to support a series of proposals he thinks that will help arrest the decline in financial support for public transport in the county.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that yet again the highest amount of start-up businesses in Cumbria have been created in the South Lakes.