After campaigning for a sign before junction 37 on the M6, Tim Farron MP has received news from the Department for Transport that the Highways Agency are planning to place a signpost for the 'Western Dales'. This could be a huge benefit to tourism in the area and a brown sign here is long overdue.
Tim Farron MP today confirmed his support for the provision of funds to the Northern Rock Foundation from the Nationalisation of the bank which Alistair Darling announced on the 18th February. The Northern rock Foundation provides vital funds to charitable organisations in the North of England and it now appears that £15million will be made available to fund the Foundations many charitable projects
Local MP Tim Farron has today tabled a Commons Motion criticising the recently published plans from the Premier League for one extra game per club to be played abroad in the 2010-11 season. Mr Farron sees the commercially driven plans as a slap in the face for loyal season ticket holders who would not be able to afford the long distance trip to such far flung destinations as Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Local MP Tim Farron's campaign to save the 42 local post offices threatened by Government closures continued this week as he secured a promise from Post Office Limited that they would read every one of the letters they receive during the consultation. So far over five and a half thousand supporters have emerged from communities in Mr Farron's constituency alone.
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the decision by Cumbria Primary Care Trust to drop plans to merge the out-of-hours GP service Baycall with a similar service from the north of the county, Cuedoc. There had been plans to combine the two, which had led to fears that there may be a reduction in the quality of service provided for patients.
Local MP Tim Farron has expressed his concern at a report from North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust into the performance of the North West Ambulance Service, which states that the service is "the ambulance service is struggling to maintain improvement" when it comes to the issue of administering thrombolysis - the process of giving a patient a 'clot-busting' drug prior to being admitted to hospital.
