Round table meeting 'increases pace and urgency' of cancer unit plan
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the outcome of a meeting this morning to discuss the proposals for a new cancer treatment unit in Kendal.
24 Jul 2009
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Farron demands "answers" after visa problems threaten to disrupt Lake District Summer Music School
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on the government to provide answers to questions over the impact on charities of changes to the immigration laws, as Lake District Summer Music School expressed concerns after other festivals were forced to cancel a number of performances as a result of artists and promoters being unable to secure visas in time.
22 Jul 2009
Reward pubs as community assets says Farron as figures for pub closures reach new high
More local pubs are closing down because of the economic downturn according to South Lakeland MP Tim Farron who was responding to figures announced today which revealed that UK pubs closed at a rate of 52 per week in the first half of the year - a third more than the same period in 2008.
22 Jul 2009
Minister turns his back on democratic reform for national parks- Farron
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has accused the government of "turning their back" on democratic reform after announcing that they would not be introducing partial direct elections to the National Park Committees.
20 Jul 2009
Welsh Assembly adopt their own 'home on the farm'
South Lakeland's trail-blazing 'Home on the Farm' scheme - the brainchild of local MP Tim Farron - has been adopted by the Welsh Assembly. Wales looks set to adopt their own "Home on the farm" scheme and this move has been welcomed by Tim Farron MP, who believes that this will increase pressure on the British government to give greater support for the scheme and thus help save struggling rural communities in Cumbria.
20 Jul 2009
Government must act to protect voluntary groups from the "rain tax"-Farron
Local MP Tim Farron has called on the Government to take immediate action to protect voluntary groups across South Lakeland from soaring water bills after changes to the way surface water drainage is charged means voluntary groups could end up paying as much as multi-million pound companies for processing rainwater.
20 Jul 2009