'There is real hope that Hawkshead will get its Post Office back' says Tim
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today said that he is 'very hopeful' that a Post Office will be reopened in Hawkshead soon.
1 Feb 2012
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Trust's £1.2 million deficit is exposed - 'Don't cut care' says MP
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called for NHS bosses to cut costs and not care in a drive to deal with their recently uncovered £1.2 million deficit from the first half of 2011-12 financial year.
31 Jan 2012
Farron launches campaign to save Grange, Ambleside and Kirkby Stephen recycling centres
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has launched a campaign with local Liberal Democrat councillors calling on Cumbria County Council to think again about their plans to close six recycling centres.
31 Jan 2012
Mass demonstration in Kendal to hand over radiotherapy petition
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, has today announced that on Saturday 3rd March the community will formally hand over the radiotherapy petition to NHS bosses who will decide on Westmorland General Hospital's bid for a radiotherapy unit.
27 Jan 2012
Farron calls for cabinet committee to be set up to help promote tourism
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on the government to create a cabinet committee to give tourism a key role at the heart of government.
26 Jan 2012
Farron calls for better dementia training for nurses
Following the revelation that no nurses on the Langdale unit at Westmorland General Hospital have been given access to nationally recognised dementia training, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust to urgently step up support for its nurses.
26 Jan 2012