South Lakes MP Tim Farron has slammed Electricity North West's decision to cut off electricity to a number of homes to do 'non-emergency maintenance work' during the current cold-snap.
Figures obtained by Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron, through a parliamentary question show that average incomes for hill farmers in Cumbria have recovered from a low of £4,800 a year to £12,600 a year between 2008/9 and 2009/10.
New figures highlighted by Tim Farron have shown the drop in the number of patients in Cumbria with access to an NHS dentist.
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has stepped up his campaign to save the cheque by sending out a petition to 50,000 households in South Lakeland and Westmorland.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today called a report that says 25% of farmers are living in poverty a 'major wake up call' and has called for urgent action to save the industry.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today written to the newly appointed governors of the University of Cumbria asking them to support his campaign to rejuvenate Ambleside campus.
