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MP secures Parliamentary debate on bus services in Cumbria
Local MP Tim Farron will lead a debate in Parliament next Tuesday on the future of rural bus services in Cumbria.
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MP celebrates Barclays U-turn over post office cash withdrawals
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the decision from Barclays to scrap plans to prevent customers from withdrawing cash at their local post office.
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Government plans to eradicate Bovine TB in cattle will be wasted if there are no farmers left - MP
In Parliament this morning, local MP Tim Farron raised concerns that Cumbrian farmers could be wiped out if the Government continues with its plans to remove a payment scheme which is considered to…
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MP welcomes NHS review into ‘postcode lottery’ patient transport system
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the announcement from NHS England that they are launching a wholescale national review into the patient transport system.
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MP relaunches petition for more frontline police officers following huge surge in reported crime
Local MP Tim Farron is relaunching his petition for there to be no fewer than 20 officers uniformed police officers covering the South Lakes at any one time after it was revealed that Cumbria had the…
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MP reacts to minister’s threat to sack Northern
Commenting on today's remarks from the Transport Secretary that Northern could be nationalised, local MP Tim Farron said: "We've been calling for this since Northern literally gave up running train…
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MP nominates The New Union for Parliamentary Pub of the Year
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has nominated The New Union in Kendal for the prestigious title of Parliamentary Pub of the Year.
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MP secures meeting with minister over South Lakes bus closures
Local MP Tim Farron has secured a meeting with transport minister Baroness Vere about rural bus services in Cumbria.
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MP secures meeting with minister about access to justice in the South Lakes
On the floor of the House of Commons this week, ministers agreed to meet with local MP Tim Farron to discuss restoring access to justice in the South Lakes.
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MP urges health bosses to keep promise of eating disorder service for young people in South Cumbria
On World Mental Health Day, local MP Tim Farron has written to the Morecambe Bay Clinical Commissioning Group to ask them to keep their promise of a specialist one-to-one eating disorder service for…
