Local MP Tim Farron last week presented cheques for over £1,300 to two local charities. The money, raised from Tim's triathlon in the spring, was presented to the New Holehird charity and the North West Cancer Research Fund.
Local MP Tim Farron has this week met local fire service chiefs, and local fire-fighters to discuss the proposed changes to fire cover in Kendal. He met Bernard Dolan, Chief Fire Officer for Cumbria County Council yesterday afternoon, and this morning met fire-fighters at Kendal Fire Station.
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.