South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today told BBC Director General Mark Thompson that they will be in danger of losing the 'hard won trust' of the people of the county if they continue to push for major cuts in much loved services like BBC Radio Cumbria.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that the specialist NHS team drafted into Furness General's maternity unit will continue to stay there for the 'foreseeable future'.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is calling on the government to look at fully implementing the Home Affairs Select Committee report on firearms laws in the wake the Derrick Bird tragedy.
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust has finally agreed with him that they must protect whistle blowers within the Trust who raise concerns about wrong practices. But Tim has cautioned that a protocol is one thing, what happens in practice is another.
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.
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.