Government plans to cut red tape, giving Cumbria County Council more freedom to implement 20mph speed limits, have been welcomed by South Lakeland MP Tim Farron.
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, has joined the campaign launched by the Countryside Alliance Foundation which calls for mandatory country of origin meat labelling that is honest, fair and simple.
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron will be working in Style Trading in Windermere next week as part of his backing for Independents' Day. The South Lakes MP has teamed up with Windermere Chamber of Trade to boost the campaign.
The government has announced that councils in England, such as South Lakeland District Council, will be allowed to keep the business rates they collect rather than paying them into Treasury coffers. This is a plan that was born in South Lakeland which now becomes government policy.
Local MP Tim Farron has written to the government formally asking them to lay out their position on buildings sold for community use.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has spoken to United Utilities about their plans for cleaning up Windermere after he secured a promise to take swift action to prevent foul sewage overflows in front of the Tourist Information Centre at Bowness Bay.
