South Lakes MP Tim Farron is out and about at flooding black-spots around the area to help local constituents and see for himself some of the problems being caused by today's bad weather.
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron today joined with Robert Talbot and Dick Smith of the Lakes Line Rail Users Group (LLRUG) as the three met with Liberal Democrat Transport Minister, Norman Baker MP, to discuss the future of rail services in the South Lakes, including mainline services at Oxenholme and services along the Lakes Line railway between Oxenholme and Windermere as well as the campaign to safeguard the service from Windermere to Manchester Airport.
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed a grant of £26,441 for The Cumbria Biodiversity Partnership (CBP) to help restore meadows within the National Park.
Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron, is today attending a lobby of Parliament by the National Union of Journalists to meet with representatives and listen to their objections over proposals by the BBC to make drastic cuts to local radio services, and in particular to Radio Cumbria.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is asking local farmers to get in touch if they have not received their single farm payment from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), so that he can step in and help.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the news that roads minister Mike Penning has agreed to come to Cumbria and hold talks about safety on the A590.