South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the Government's announcement that Virgin Trains has been granted an extension of 2 years to its short term contract to run the West Coast Main Line until 2016, stating that it will offer some much needed 'stability'.
Following today's statement laying out the Government's response to the recent Francis Report, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the Health Secretary's announcement that more compassion and a change of culture surrounding reporting failings needs to be injected into the NHS.
Following a chaotic 'soft launch' of the new NHS Direct call centre last Thursday, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has raised his concerns and insisted that 'these mistakes must be corrected' before the official launch of the new call centre in April.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on local residents to email him a picture of the worst pothole in their area. Tim plans to give all the pictures to the county council and demand that they fix our roads!
South Lakes MP Tim Farron this morning met with the Director of the Tate Britain, Dr Penelope Curtis, to discuss efforts to secure posthumous citizenship for the late Ambleside based artist Kurt Schwitters.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has backed a school uniform charter campaign run by Cumbria Rural Citizens Advice Bureau and has asked local schools to sign up too.
