Local MP Tim Farron, speaking after the public consultation meeting last night at Kendal Town Hall, says the Hospitals Trust must now demonstrate that they are listening.
At a meeting with Farming Minister Jeff Rooker this afternoon, local MP Tim Farron was given assurances that the Government would look at the future of the Hill Farming Allowance post-2007 sooner than it intended to. The assurances were given following weeks of pressure from Tim in his role as Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming.
MP Tim Farron used a debate in the House of Commons this afternoon to back Sedbergh farmers who are seeking to buy-out Sedbergh Auction Mart which is currently for sale on the open market after the parent company, CCM, closed the gates in April.
Tim Farron has spoken out in support of keeping public services local. Speaking in a parliamentary debate on local services, he warned that merging local ambulance trusts had threatened emergency patient care.
As the future of the Carnforth Connect bus service hangs in the balance, local MP, Tim Farron, has written to Lancashire County Council to urge them to save the popular bus route.
Local MP, Tim Farron, says that he is confident that a solution can be found to Kirkby Lonsdale's traffic and parking problems.
