Farron visited by the Lakeland Youth Council
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, welcomed his local youth council to Parliament last week in London.
16 Jul 2013
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Farron supports save rural GP practices petition
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has backed an e-petition on the government's website asking the government to add flexibility to the funding formula to protect rural GP practices.
16 Jul 2013
MP welcomes tax deal which reduces inequality
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that by 2014 an estimated 28,990 of the poorest Cumbrians will be lifted out of paying tax altogether and an estimated further 200,200 will have their tax bills cut.
12 Jul 2013
MP slams decision by minister to remove vascular services from Morecambe Bay
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has this morning criticised Conservative Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who has announced that vascular services will be removed from the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and centralised at 3 sites in Carlisle, Preston and Blackburn.
11 Jul 2013
MP backs defibrillator campaign
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has backed a campaign being run by the new Chairman of Cumbria County Council trying to raise money for 100 defibrillators in 100 days.
11 Jul 2013
Farron helps protect stewardship schemes for upland farmers
Local MP Tim Farron, who is Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hill Farming, has thanked his colleagues for their hard work and said that recent announcements by Defra that all 1,600 Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) schemes will be renewed showed what a small group of MP's can do.
10 Jul 2013