Farron backs trailblazing plans to cut energy bills in the South Lakes
Local MP Tim Farron is backing a trailblazing plan that could cut the energy bills of South Lakes households.
13 Apr 2012
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Farron: inspectors overlooked hospital trust failings
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, has received information that the Care Quality Commission (CQC), one of the regulators looking into the recent failings at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, may have overlooked many serious risks within the hospital trust, less than a year before the trust reached crisis point.
12 Apr 2012
MP helps Witherslack to get the chance of 3G broadband
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed news that Witherslack has been shortlisted for a major 3G pilot. Tim has been lobbying hard behind the scenes to make sure that the South Lakes village is put on the shortlist for this project.
9 Apr 2012
MP holds football youth surgeries in Kendal
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has announced that on Thursday 12th April he will be holding his annual youth surgeries on three estates in Kendal.
6 Apr 2012
'Grayrigg sentence will hopefully end the final chapter of tragedy' says MP
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that the Network Rail have been fined £4 million for breaching the Health & Safety at Work Act over the Cumbrian rail crash at Grayrigg in which one passenger died.
4 Apr 2012
MP to press OFCOM over 4G universal broadband coverage
Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron, is due to meet with representatives of Ofcom to raise concerns over the upcoming 4G auction, which, under the current proposals for a new mobile broadband spectrum, could potentially leave at leave half a million people without coverage.
4 Apr 2012