Tim joins Kendal Christians Against Poverty to celebrate successful first year
South Lakes MP Tim Farron spoke at a special celebration on Friday at Parr Street Church in Kendal.
17 May 2010
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Give us back our GP out of hours service - MP calls on new government to intervene to protect local GP out of hours service
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has reacted with extreme concern to reports that the local out of hours GP service is deteriorating following the decision to close their Kendal call centre. There have been reports of patients not being responded to and choosing to call an ambulance instead.
17 May 2010
Post Offices at risk over pay dispute warns Farron
Post Offices in South Lakeland could still be forced to close even after the conclusion of the Government's 'Network Change Programme' following the decision by the Post Office to cut sub-postmasters pay, according to local MP Tim Farron.
17 May 2010
Farron urges farmers to continue vaccinating against risk of bluetongue
Liberal Democrat Farming Spokesperson Tim Farron MP has urged South Lakeland farmers to continue vaccinating their sheep and cattle against bluetongue after the NFU warned that the actions of some livestock farmers could place the country at risk from further outbreaks of the disease.
11 May 2010
Farron calls for fewer tests for children following SATS boycott by South Lakeland schools
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has called for SATS to be scaled back in favour of more teacher assessment following the news that hundreds of children in South Lakeland will miss their National Tests after nine head teachers in Lake District primary schools declared their intention to boycott the exams.
11 May 2010
Farron visits Morrisons in Kendal to see Buy British campaign in action
Local MP Tim Farron last week visited Kendal's Morrisons store to see the chain's commitment to British produce in action.
11 May 2010