Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed a report by the Treasury select committee that says that the Payments Council should no longer have the unfettered power to decide the future of cheques, or other payment methods that directly affect millions of people.
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the news that the go ahead has been given for a new £2.5 million GP surgery in Kendal.
Local MP Tim Farron has today blasted the 'big six' energy companies for continuing to push for inflation busting price rises which hurt people in the South Lakes and treat them as 'cash cows'.
With only a year to go until the London 2012 Olympic Games, local MP Tim Farron is supporting a campaign to inspire young people in the South Lakes area to run with the Olympic Flame.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron yesterday helped bring together community interest company NextGenUs and residents from Hutton Roof to discuss NextGenUs's proposal for a superfast broadband network in the Hutton Roof parish.
After a long-running campaign, South Lakes MP Tim Farron is today welcoming the news that the government are to give mountain rescue teams across the country at least £200,000 in direct funding each year.
