Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has today received confirmation from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport that Cumbria has been allocated indicative funding of £16.8 million towards the costs of the rural broadband project.
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron welcomed Ofcom's broadband map of the UK, released today, but denounced as 'appalling' Cumbria's particularly low broadband performance
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.