MP welcomes over £1 million extra social care funding for Cumbria
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed an extra £1,610,203 for social care in Cumbria which will mean people can leave hospital earlier and receive better care at home.
10 Jan 2012
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MP calls on council leader to act on his words and reinstate free school transport
Local MP Tim Farron has called on the leader of Cumbria County Council to name the date that he will reinstate free school transport after he told a local newspaper he like to bring it back.
10 Jan 2012
Recycling centre closures will damage environment and won't save money!
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has questioned Cumbria County Council's plans to shut the Household Waste Recycling Centres at Ambleside and Grange to save money, calling the plans 'wrong for our environment and completely daft'.
10 Jan 2012
MP tells government: 4G for Cumbria 'Make us the first'
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to Jeremy Hunt the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) telling them that Cumbria should be the first rural area to be a 4G pilot.
9 Jan 2012
Business backed youth contracts will bring more jobs to the South Lakes says MP
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that many of Britain's biggest businesses' are formal backing the £1billion Youth Contract which aims to ensure all young people are earning or learning.
6 Jan 2012
MP holds farmers forum
Local MP Tim Farron has held another one of his regular Farmers Forum yesterday in Heversham.
6 Jan 2012