MP blasts government for failing South Lakeland's children
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today blasted the government for failing to bring more children from South Lakeland out of poverty.
3 Nov 2009
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MP calls for guidance over dispensing rule
MP Tim Farron has today called for Cumbria PCT to offer GP's guidance over when to proscribe medicines for over 28 days.
3 Nov 2009
Farron leads Commons debate on affordable homes for rural areas
The government must tackle the causes of rural Britain's affordable housing crisis if they are to prevent an exodus of young people from Britain's rural areas according to Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs Spokesperson Tim Farron MP.
3 Nov 2009
Farron calls for public bodies to buy British
Government departments and public bodies such as hospitals should be buying more British food to ensure that animal welfare concerns are built into their procurement policies according to Liberal Democrat Shadow Defra Secretary Tim Farron MP.
3 Nov 2009
Cumbria Tourism needs a new deal
MP Tim Farron has hit out at the Government's appalling lack of support for Cumbria Tourism and has called for a fair deal to allow the county's tourism 'product' to be better sold.
3 Nov 2009
Hill farmers earning £4 below hourly minimum wage
Hill farmers are earning as little as £1.60 an hour according to figures uncovered by Shadow Defra Secretary Tim Farron MP, who believes that hill farming could die out within a decade unless the Government takes "urgent steps" to inject new lifeblood into the industry.
27 Oct 2009