Rule change could kill hill farming-Farron
Tim Farron, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale and Lib Dem Shadow Defra Secretary, has spoken out against plans to change the way that funds for hill farmers are calculated.
9 Jun 2009
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MP Welcomes victory in Sedbergh health battle
MP Tim Farron has paid tribute to the community of Sedbergh, Dent and Garsdale and to Sedbergh's doctors after the proposal for a new health centre was approved today by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.
9 Jun 2009
LIB DEM COUNTY LANDSLIDE IN SOUTH LAKELAND
Liberal Democrats are celebrating after they gained four more County Council seats - three from the Conservatives and one from Labour - within the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency.
5 Jun 2009
Farron calls on Government to provide better broadband service for South Lakeland
The Government should be doing more to provide high-speed broadband for rural communities and businesses like those in South Lakeland according to local MP Tim Farron. Mr Farron was commenting on a recent report commissioned by the BBC which revealed that an estimated three million homes in the UK have broadband speeds of less than two megabits per second (2Mbps).
27 May 2009
MP intervenes as residents raise concerns over anti-social behaviour around Sedbergh and Cautley
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has taken action after a number of residents expressed concern about the behaviour of a minority of travellers who are settled in the Cautley and Sedbergh areas on their way to the Appleby Horse Fair.
26 May 2009
MP brokers meeting to discuss huge excavation of the Glebe at Bowness
On Friday, local MP Tim Farron brokered a meeting to discuss the work being undertaken by United Utilities at the Glebe in Bowness following concerns that key stakeholders had not been kept well informed about the work.
26 May 2009