Farron tops up New Holehird survival fund
Local MP Tim Farron was pleased to accept a cheque for £100 from the Kendal branch of the Natwest Bank towards the campaign to save the Holehird home for severely disabled adults near Windermere.
22 Jan 2008
Local MP Tim Farron was pleased to accept a cheque for £100 from the Kendal branch of the Natwest Bank towards the campaign to save the Holehird home for severely disabled adults near Windermere.
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. He also secured information which shows that many of the decisions about closure will be made between mid February and mid March, and so Mr Farron is urging residents of South Lakeland to send him letters of support for their post office by 14 February. So far over a thousand letters of support have been sent from communities in Mr Farron's constituency alone, and as the impact of a loss of a branch on a community will be taken into account, it is especially important that people continue to show support.
Local MP Tim Farron has today criticised bus firm Stagecoach for the 7.5% rise in the cost of travelling in South Cumbria, this will be the third time in four years that the fares have risen. The rise, which is significantly more than the rate of inflation has been attributed to a rise in fuel prices.
Local MP Tim Farron's campaign to save the 43 local post offices threatened by Government closures continued this week with hundreds more signing up to support local post offices. Communities across South Lakeland continue to register their support for their local post offices. So far over 3700 people have signed petitions protesting closures. In addition, over 650 individual letters have been sent in support of local post offices.
Local MP Tim Farron has been on the attack on all fronts this week in an effort to persuade Cumbria Primary Care Trust to call of the closure programme immediately. Mr Farron has spoken to both the Secretary of State for Health Alan Johnson and the Health Minister Ann Keen, presenting them with evidence which disproves the Trust's claims regarding ambulances and extra capacity at other hospitals in the area.
Local MP Tim Farron has today called on the Government to ensure that those who are unable to receive the full spectrum of digital channels after the 'digital switchover' do not pay the full licence fee, and those who cannot receive a digital signal at all should get a full refund. In Whitehaven, the first area to switchover entirely residents have in some cases been unable to receive all of the channels.