Plans to build a new cancer service unit in Kendal are underway according to MP Tim Farron, after Health Minister Ann Keen MP gave the go-ahead, during a Westminster Hall debate in Parliament today.
Commenting today on the publication of an Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRACOM) report entitled "The Potential of England's Rural Economy", the Liberal Democrat's have called for the Government to act on the reports recommendations.
Local MP Tim Farron has expressed concern that collapsing sales will heap more agony onto local pubs, after it was revealed that Britain's pubs are pulling almost a fifth fewer pints than they were three years ago.
Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA Tim Farron MP has urged the Government to protect British farmers from the credit crunch by introducing stricter regulation to guarantee Britain a sustainable food supply.
Local MP Tim Farron spent much of the weekend speaking with residents of South Lakeland affected by the floods. He delayed his journey to Parliament until Tuesday morning to enable him to spend Monday touring South Lakeland, visiting sites of flooding in Ambleside, Grange and Kendal.
Tim Farron, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale and Shadow Secretary of state for DEFRA has asked the Government not to pull the plug on local canals by giving more to support Britain's inland waterways.