Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has today launched a major campaign to defend small rural schools after the Tory-Labour coalition at the County Council admitted in briefings that up to 32 small rural schools could face the axe.
MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron has welcomed figures revealed by the Office of National Statistics that placed Westmorland and Lonsdale with the lowest unemployment figures in England.
Following the recent appointment of Stephen Hammond as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has invited the minister to visit Cumbria and the spot where the Greenodd roundabout will hopefully be built.
Liberal Democrat Police Commissioner candidate Pru Jupe was joined by Cumbrian MP Tim Farron and Chair of Parliament's Justice Select Committee Sir Alan Beith MP to launch her 'no police front desk closure' pledge as part of a wider manifesto launch.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on local residents to back a petition set up by Ambleside and Grasmere councillor Heidi Halliday, which is aiming to save vascular services for patients in the South Lakes.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has heralded a major government investment in Cumbrian broadband as another step forward in his campaign to make the South Lakes and Eden the broadband hub of the UK.