Following last week's announcement that the NHS intends to tackle greenhouse emissions by reducing the amount of meat and dairy produce served in its hospitals, Tim Farron MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA has called on the Government to take the lead in using the public sector to ensure that Britain has a sustainable food market.
Two years after the closure of Ward 2, the elderly mental health ward at Kendal's Westmorland General Hospital, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has asked trust bosses to open a new facility for older people with dementia related illnesses.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has reacted angrily to a refusal by Ofwat to support charities hit by the change in the way surface water drainage is being charged by water companies, including United Utilities.
Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA Tim Farron MP has described today's announcement that Hilary Benn has agreed to accept all 26 of the main recommendations made by Sir Iain Anderson as a "smokescreen" to cover up the Government's failure to accept overall responsibility for the initial outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in 2007.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has backed local building societies who are being forced to pay a disproportionate price to bailout reckless banks.
Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA Tim Farron MP has called on the government to press ahead with the introduction of a supermarket Ombudsman in the wake of the decision taken by milk processor Wiseman Dairies, to slash the price it pays to its farmers by 2p per litre.