South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury calling for assurances to be given to staff at the Northern Rock branch on Stricklandgate in Kendal.
Local MP Tim Farron is calling on the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority to listen to the government's advice and agree that 72 Main Street in Sedbergh should be sold to a community trust to save the building.
On Wednesday ITV Border will come to film Burton Memorial Hall as they bid to win £60,000 as part of the People's Millions. South Lakes MP Tim Farron is urging local people to back their campaign.
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that the UK will be officially reclassified as bluetongue free from 5 July 2011, after two years without a case of the disease. The announcement means that restrictions on exporting sheep and cattle from the UK will be lifted. This follows on from the European Union formally agreeing that the UK has not had a case of Bluetongue in over two years.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is delighted that the Cabinet Office announced yesterday that Big Society funding has been given to two organisations based in the South Lakes.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has tabled a motion in Parliament calling on the Department of Food, Environment and Rural Affairs to ensure the survival of the winter fell-top assessment service due to its vital importance to the safety of walkers through Weatherline.
