South Lakes MP Tim Farron has urged local businesses who have not taken on an apprentice in the last year, to look again at a scheme which could see them be eligible to receive a £1,500 grant to take on an apprentice.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today released his list of advice surgeries for January 2015.
This afternoon the Department of Energy and Climate change has released local authority estimates for the percentage of households without mains gas. Commenting on the figures, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has said that they show the need for more off grid buying cooperatives to be created as South Lakeland and Eden have the highest amount of off grid properties in the North West.
The Department for Education has announced it will invest millions more into Cumbria's education system. They have announced they will boost funding for schools by nearly £13.5 million. This funding has been welcomed by South Lakes MP Tim Farron as a 'much needed early Christmas present for Cumbrian schools'. Tim has long campaigned for better funding for Cumbria's schools.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that unemployment in Westmorland & Lonsdale is 147 people lower than a year ago. These figures give Westmorland amongst the lowest unemployment rate in the UK.
Big companies could be forced to publish the pay gap between male and female employees following a vote in Parliament on Tuesday. South Lakes MP Tim Farron was one of the prominent MP's supporting the bill.