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MP urges ministers to stop NHS cuts after Trust announces ward and hospital bed closures
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron is urging the Department for Health and Social Care to intervene, after it was announced that a Cumbrian NHS Trust is having to make significant cuts to local…
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MP secures meeting with Minister over ‘crippling’ changes to local council budgets
On the floor of the House of Commons this week, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron challenged government ministers over changes to council funding which will severely hit local authorities in rural areas.
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MP takes Health Secretary to task over cuts to NHS funding in Cumbria
On the floor of the House of Commons last night, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron challenged the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting, over the state of local hospital services in…
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Lib Dems launch farming version of Teach First to boost food security
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP and Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Tim Farron has unveiled a major new food security plan, which includes a proposal to launch a…
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Tim Farron’s Parliamentary debate leads to review into temporary slip roads for Junction 38
Last night, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron led an Adjournment Debate on the floor of the House of Commons, on the need to build temporary slip roads at Junction 38 of the M6 near Tebay
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Tim Farron writes to Health Secretary after man with suspected broken leg turned away from A&E
Local MP Tim Farron has written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting, after a man with a suspected broken leg was turned away from Lancaster A&E last night.
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Tim Farron asks for minister’s support in bringing empty homes in Cumbria back into use
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, local MP Tim Farron asked the Minister for Local Government, Alison McGovern, to help bring empty homes back into use in Cumbria.
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Cumbrian MP meets with Energy Minister to discuss home insulation campaign
This week, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron met with the new Minister for Energy Consumers, Martin McCluskey, to talk about financial support to help insulate homes.
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Tim Farron challenges ministers to cut costs for Cumbria’s pubs
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron made the case for the Government to reduce taxes for Cumbrian hospitality businesses in next week’s Budget.