Lifeline for Lyth Valley as minister agrees that pumps should continue for now
A team from South Lakeland met with Defra minister Richard Benyon to ask for his support for the continued drainage of the Lyth Valley.
27 Jun 2012
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MP welcomes fuel duty freeze
South lakes MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the Chancellor's decision to scrap an increase in fuel duty planned for August this year.
26 Jun 2012
Tim backs NFU against milk cut price plan
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has today backed the National Farmers Union and pledged to support them amid speculation that milk processors are on the verge of announcing further price cuts.
26 Jun 2012
MP's launch 'Better Connected Cumbria' campaign
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has joined with Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock to launch 'Cumbria Better Connected', at Grange-over-Sands station last Friday. The campaign has been set up to protect the direct train from Furness and from the Lakes Line to Manchester.
25 Jun 2012
Tim calls for more services to be brought back to Westmorland General
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today written to the Interim Chief Executive of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) Eric Morton asking him to use the current review of the hospital trust to bring back services to Westmorland General.
20 Jun 2012
South Lakes Olympic torch celebrations are a tribute to Brendan Jameson - says Farron
Local MP Tim Farron will join the celebrations this Thursday as the Olympic torch makes its way through the South Lakes. Tim is hailing the celebrations as a tribute to the work of council Leader Brendan Jameson, who died in March and who worked so hard to ensure that South Lakes got not just one but five torch stops. The torch is to arrive in Grasmere at 5.30pm and will travel to Ambleside and Bowness-on-Windermere before continuing its journey through Kendal and Milnthorpe on Friday.
19 Jun 2012