Mintfest is still going strong despite Lakes Aline being put on hold
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has said Mintfest is still going strong after news that a lack of cash has forced organisers to put Lakes Alive on hold.
28 Jan 2014
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MP backs energy bills advice sessions throughout our area
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on local people wanting help and advice about energy bills to go along to one of a series of free drop in sessions.
27 Jan 2014
MP: 'Gagging clauses must not be used'
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the Public Accounts Committee comments on the use of so-called "gagging clauses" when paying off government employees. The Public Accounts Committee said that this is preventing the public from finding out about "serious and systematic failures" in the public sector.
24 Jan 2014
MP urges young people to 'Bite the Ballot'
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on teachers, bosses and youth leaders to help empower a generation of young people and register them to vote ahead of the upcoming local elections on 22 May 2014.
24 Jan 2014
MP welcomes action to fix Appleby Road after long campaign
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has thanked local residents and councillors David and Shirley Evans after Cumbria County Council agreed to fix Appleby Road.
24 Jan 2014
MP says "We must never forget" as he signs Holocaust Memorial Book
Monday 27th January will mark the 69th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death campAuschwitz-Birkenau, the site of the largest mass murder in history.
23 Jan 2014