South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today called on NHS bosses to undertake a 'serious and urgent turnaround', following a damning CQC report which recommended that the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) be placed in 'special measures'. Tim has re-iterated his call for services to be brought to Westmorland General Hospital, the only hospital rated as 'Good' by inspectors.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that after months of campaigning, much needed safety work will be completed in the coming days on the Lilymere bends on the A684 between Kendal and Sedbergh.
Speaking today in the Commons, Tim Farron MP pressed the Chancellor to draw in more public and private investment into housing, saying "Given that we need 3 million homes over the next 10 years, and that even in the height of Blair's boom years, the private sector failed to deliver more than around 180,000 homes in a year, will the Right Honourable member agree that we need to do much more to draw in public and private investment in housing to tackle the housing crisis?"
Tim and Elterwater Councillor Heidi Halliday have waged a long campaign for safer speed limits in the village - which saw Tim and Heidi hand in a petition from local residents in the House of Commons.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is holding his next advice surgery at Victoria Hall, Grange-Over-Sands, between 10:00 and 11:00am on Saturday morning.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed new figures showing that 70 people in Westmorland & Lonsdale have been helped off benefits and are now running their own businesses, under the Government's New Enterprise Allowance scheme.
