Local MP Tim Farron has backed an e-petition to scrap VAT from Mountain Rescue teams and paid tribute to our 4th emergency service. Local MP Tim Farron has backed an e-petition to scrap VAT from Mountain Rescue teams and paid tribute to our 4th emergency service.
Local MP Tim Farron has asked to hear from local farmers after a proposal to switch 15% from direct support payments to fund the Rural Development Programme (RDP) has emerged as the biggest concern to farmers on Common Agricultural Policy reform according the NFU.
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, is holding a public meeting at John Ruskin School in Coniston this Saturday, 31st August, to discuss the growing threat to NHS funding for rural services.
Commenting on the news that Stuart Hyde, Cumbria's temporary Chief Constable, is to be asked to resign or retire by the county's police commissioner, local MP Tim Farron has said:
On the eve on the new academic year, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has said that the new cohort of students coming to Ambleside campus and the approval of the plans for the re-vamp of the campus, shows that his campaign to save the site has made a massive difference.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has praised the Westmorland Gazette for their Action4Jobs campaign and said it shows 'community journalism at it's best.'
