Local MP Tim Farron has praised the recycling efforts of South Lakeland residents after the consumption of supermarket plastic carrier bags halved in number
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on the government to reimburse ALL taxes paid by Mountain Rescue teams over the last 12 months, after the European Commissionaire, Mr Laszlo Kovacs, revealed that individual member states have the power to award charitable organisations direct subsidies.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed Gordon Brown to the Lake District for his summer holiday but has urged the Prime Minister to take notice of the decline in services that has accompanied years of neglect to rural Britain.
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron today launched his petition for the introduction of a national carers' card that would allow carers to go free to an event to support a disabled person.
Concerns about the ability of Cumbrian ambulances to respond effectively to 999 calls have been raised by South Lakeland MP Tim Farron, who has highlighted the alarming number of ambulances that are reportedly being sent out without a paramedic.
Next week marks the arrival of the first ever national Water Saving Week. Yesterday Shadow Secretary of State for Defra Tim Farron hosted a press conference in Parliament to launch the week. As the MP for one of Britain's wettest constituencies, containing many of Cumbria's Lakes and enjoying one of the highest levels of rainfall, Tim made the point that we can easily make the mistake of thinking that water is an infinite resource.