Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron has backed the party’s amendment to the Government’s controversial welfare bill, in a bid to protect carers and disabled people at risk of losing support from the planned cuts.
Westmorland and Lonsdale’s Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron has slammed Royal Mail as just 73% of first-class deliveries in the Lancaster post code area were delivered on time, well below the 93% target.
Yesterday in Parliament, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron asked Treasury ministers to help minimise disruption caused by work to replace eight deteriorating M6 motorway bridges near Tebay.
Funding repairs to small rural schools in Cumbria will be on the agenda when local MP Tim Farron sits down with the Education Minister Stephen Morgan.
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron challenged ministers in the Department of Health and Social Care to take action over staffing gaps in local mental health wards.
Local MP Tim Farron has celebrated the news that Kendal Post Office will be staying open, after it was previously put under threat by plans to shut branches across the country.