The Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railways has agreed to draw up a bid to electrify the Lakes Line to present to the Department for Transport, following a meeting with local MP Tim Farron.
At this week's Westmorland County Show, local MP Tim Farron will launch a petition calling on the Government to ditch plans which would cripple Cumbrian hill farmers.
Local MP Tim Farron is urging the Home Secretary not to go ahead with plans which would make it much harder for businesses in the Lake District to recruit staff.
Local MP Tim Farron has written to bosses at Northern to urgently look at changing rail contracts which are leading to commuters across being South Cumbria being stranded on Sundays.
A cross-party group of backbench MPs today released a report that found the provision of radiotherapy services was so poor that is many as 20,000 people a year are missing out on the cancer treatment…
Yesterday, local MP Tim Farron held another successful day of football surgeries with young people in three estates across Kendal.
Local MP Tim Farron says the Government's decision to review the future of HS2 must lead to high speed trains stopping in Cumbria.
Kendal's MP Tim Farron has demanded answers from the county council over the closure of Victoria Bridge for the second time this month.
Local MP Tim Farron met with the Chair of the Friends of the Lake District, Douglas Chalmers to discuss the proposed expansion of the national park.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron says the closure of Victoria Bridge in Kendal shows the need for a relief road for the town.
