Farron: 'Lets make 2012 the year of the apprentice in the South Lakes'
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has laid down a public challenge to businesses and the public sector to make 2012 the year of the apprenticeship in our community.
3 Jan 2012
News
MP calls on county council to turn pubs into community hubs
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is today calling on Cumbria County Council to back his proposal to provide grants to pubs to keep them open and, in return, ensure that they house vital community services such as Post Offices or the local village shop.
3 Jan 2012
Public consultation on the Fire and Rescue service should encourage County Council to stop control room closure - Farron
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the Fire and Rescue National Framework for England consultation which was launched on the 13 December 2011 and will close on the 19 March 2012.
22 Dec 2011
MP urges Defra staff to come to Cumbria for hands on farming experience
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is encouraging Defra civil servants who are looking to learn to come to Cumbrian far ms.
22 Dec 2011
Local newsagents and post offices hit by unfair trade - MP pledges support
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has signed a commons motion urging the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to review the anti-competitive and damaging practices in the news and magazine supply chain that is crippling small shops and newsage nts in our community.
21 Dec 2011
Farron calls on Primary Health Care Trust to fulfill obligations
South lakes MP TIM FARRON is calling for NHS Cumbria to ensure Health Checks are a priority follow ing startling revelations in the HEART UK Report, 'Cholesterol and a Healthier Nation', launched last week in Westminster.
21 Dec 2011