An extra £10million earmarked for research and investigation into the declining numbers of Britain's insect pollinators has been welcomed by the Liberal Democrat Shadow Defra Secretary. Tim Farron MP has called for some of this funding to be given to the Sussex University Plan for Honey Bee Health and Well Being.
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron is appealing to Kendal landowners and farmers to consider renting part of their land to the town council to be used as allotments after Kendal council revealed that they no longer have enough allotments available to match the demand.
MP Tim Farron has received a Parliamentary written answer which shows that affordable homes in South Lakeland continue to lie empty despite a housing crisis.
MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron today launched a national campaign to ensure that cash-strapped councils in rural areas are not forced to reduce the number of public toilets they provide.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has met with Treasury Minister Stephen Timms to press the case of local farm businesses who have been targeted by a government VAT recovery programme.
The campaign for a full replacement post office in Cartmel took a knock this week when local MP Tim Farron received a letter from the business minister Lord Young confirming that only a limited outreach service would be established in the village.
