Farron backs national campaign for warm homes
Local MP Tim Farron is backing a national campaign that aims to highlight the plight of households who are concerned about being able to heat their homes to adequate levels this winter.
15 Dec 2006
Local MP Tim Farron is backing a national campaign that aims to highlight the plight of households who are concerned about being able to heat their homes to adequate levels this winter.
Local MP Tim Farron has pressed the Government to continue funding the Claren Project - a vital organisation in the fight against climate change locally.
The Department of Trade and Industry has today announced that up to 2,500, mostly rural post offices are to be closed over the coming years. The news comes as a huge blow to rural communities, many of whom have the village post office as their heart.
Tim Farron, the MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale and Chair of the House of Commons All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming has issued the following statement regarding yesterday's written Ministerial Statement on the Hill Farm Allowance:
Chief Executive of the North West Ambulance Service, John Burnside, has confirmed to local MP Tim Farron that the First Responders scheme will no longer be put 'on-ice' while a review of the scheme is carried out. The confirmation came during a meeting between Tim and John Burnside this lunchtime.
Local MP Tim Farron attended the annual House of Commons reception of the National Joint Utilities Group, but instead of convivial small talk over canapés Mr Farron put utilities bosses on the spot over impending chaos on Kendal's streets.