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.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has praised Stagecoach after they agreed to re-route the new 552 service via Hincaster to return bus services to the village which were cut by the Conservative-led county council in April.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today written to the leader of Cumbria County Council asking him to call off the deeply controversial and unpopular single status programme.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has asked local residents to share their experiences of dentistry here in Cumbria. Tim is building up a case file to take to the Department of Health as part of the campaign to improve local dental provision in South Lakeland.