South Lakes MP Tim Farron welcomed the government's decision to address an anomaly which meant that a small number of War Widows and Widowers were not receiving their pension entitlement.
SOUTH Cumbria's only open-air swimming pool has been thrown a £50,000 lifeline following a two-year closure and fears it would never open again.
Business Secretary Vince Cable has written to the big banks urging them to keep branches open in towns where there are no other banks left. Tim has echoed this call and urged Barclays and NatWest to honour this pledge for residents and the community in Sedbergh.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed figures released this morning by HM Revenue & Customs which show that 2,000 businesses in Westmorland and Lonsdale have taken up the Employment Allowance tax cut.
Mr Speaker, Rt Hon John Bercow MP announced the Patchwork Foundation MPs of the Year 2014 at Speakers House on 5th November 2014, for those MPs who have represented and work well with underrepresented, deprived and minority communities across the country. South Lakes MP Tim Farron was named as Liberal Democrat MP for the year.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has welcomed an announcement that £10 million has been secured from the Regional Growth Fund for the development of a new strategy for tourism in the North.