South Lakes MP Tim Farron has used a question session in the House of Commons to press the Deputy Prime Minister to introduce directly elected positions on National Park authorities to ensure democratic accountability in our National Parks.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron spoke yesterday in the debate in the House of Commons during the second reading of the Grocery Codes Adjudicator Bill, welcoming the measures which will play an important role in ensuring a fair deal for British farmers.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has used a Parliamentary Question to the Department of Energy and Climate Change to call for a new hydro energy strategy and to put Cumbria at the heart of it.
Local MP Tim Farron has today written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer calling on him to axe the planned 3p fuel duty rise in his Autumn Statement in early December. But Tim's message wasn't written on House of Commons paper, it was written on a Lake District postcard!
South Lakes MP Tim Farron this week visited the Helme Chase Pharmacy in Kendal to receive his flu jab to launch a campaign to encourage people who are either at risk, or who come into contact with at risk groups, to ensure they do the same to protect themselves and others against the harmful virus this winter.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on Cumbria County Council to ensure that small businesses do not lose out under changes to the Council's process for managing building maintenance contracts. The changes will primarily affect firms who currently carry out Council work in roofing, joinery, plastering, and decorating, heating, plumbing and electrical services repairs.