Commenting on today's announcement from the Government that they are lifting the ban on fracking in England, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron said: "Any shale gas produced by fracking in this country will just be sold at the same ludicrously high price as all other forms of gas.
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, local MP Tim Farron urged the new Health Secretary Therese Coffey to get a grip on Cumbria's dreadful cancer waiting times.
Local MP Tim Farron has branded the Conservative plans on heating oil a "slap in the face" for rural families in Cumbria as they offer off-grid homes just £100 extra help.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has nominated local farmer James Robinson for the Westmorland and Lonsdale's Community Farming Hero Award.
"Along with the whole of our country, I am utterly heartbroken by the news of the passing of Her Majesty the Queen.
Commenting on today's news that orthopaedic surgeon Shyam Kumar has won his tribunal case against the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after they were found to have unfairly dismissed him, local MP Tim Farron said: "It is deeply alarming that the Care Quality Commission - the body we are supposed to trust to protect patients and NHS staff - has been found guilty of wrongly dismissing a doctor who was raising serious safety concerns.
