Tim vows to fight on to save Ambleside campus
Local MP Tim Farron has today vowed to keep fighting to save the historic Charlotte Mason College from University of Cumbria plans to 'mothball' the site.
18 Dec 2009
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Farron unearths figures showing £12 billion in wasted food
UK households throw out over £12billion of food waste a year according to figures obtained by Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson Tim Farron MP.
17 Dec 2009
Doubling of rural house prices shows Government's contempt for rural people says Farron
Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs spokesperson Tim Farron MP, has today said that young and first-time buyers in South Lakeland are in danger of being priced out of the market thanks to the huge increase in rural house prices under the Labour Government.
17 Dec 2009
Send Gordon Brown a cancer unit reminder! - Tim's challenge to residents to prompt PM on local campaign
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is encouraging local people to give Prime Minister Gordon Brown a seasonal reminder of the campaign for a cancer treatment unit at the Westmorland General Hospital - and all it takes is a click on the Number 10 website!
16 Dec 2009
Farron hands over petition to university board as they debate proposal to close Ambleside campus
South Lakes MP Tim Farron last night formally handed-over his 3000-strong petition against the closure of Ambleside campus to the university's academic board. Among the signatures are some 1400 substantive comments which show the real strength of opposition to moving students to Carlisle, Penrith or Lancaster.
16 Dec 2009
Farron celebrates cancer unit success!
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is today celebrating success after hearing that Kendal's Westmorland General Hospital has now officially been chosen as the preferred location for a new radiotherapy treatment centre.
16 Dec 2009