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).
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.
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.
As the Whitsun half term holidays see a welcome influx of visitors to our area, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has made a formal bid to win back £500,000 of road repairs money that was diverted from South Lakeland's roads last month.
News that there will now be an outreach Post Office at Chapel Stile has been described by South Lakes Tim Farron as a "positive step forward" for the community. Mr Farron welcomed the announcement but reiterated his disappointment that residents in Langdale would continue to be deprived of a fully operational Post Office.
Plans to fell hundreds of trees in the Broughton in Furness area have been put on hold after South Lakes MP Tim Farron won a reprieve from the Forestry Commission this morning.