Commenting after the news that Cumbria County Council rejected the plan to move to Stage 4 of the Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (MRWS) process, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has reiterated his call on Copeland Council and the Government to take the Lake District National Park out of any plan for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF).
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has backed the NFU and called on the government to do more to help sheep farmers. Today Tim has joined the NFU's 'Great Lamb Robbery' campaign.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on the Government to take action to help farmers who have part of their farm wrongly labelled as 'common land'.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has today written to the Cumbria Health Scrutiny Committee, expressing fears over NHS Lancashire's proposed removal of the Vascular Services Unit from the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. The committee will soon vote to decide whether to appeal this decision to the Health Secretary.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today thanked the emergency services and local search and rescue teams for their work during the recent bad weather.
Local MP Tim Farron has called on the NHS Blood and Transplant service (NHSBT) to look again at plans to close Lancaster's blood bank.