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MP hails community campaign success as new trains come to the Furness and Lakes lines
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the arrival of brand-new trains on the Furness and Lakes lines this morning.
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MP welcomes Cumbrian climate emergency campaigners to Parliament
This week local MP Tim Farron welcomed campaigners from across Cumbria to Parliament as part of a mass lobby urging MPs to address the climate crisis.
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MP and hospitality leaders lobby minister to abandon ‘damaging’ immigration plans
This week, South Lakes MP Tim Farron led a group of hospitality leaders to meet with immigration minister Caroline Nokes to ask her to scrap plans which would make it much harder to recruit staff.
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MP presents health minister with case for Kendal radiotherapy centre
Yesterday, local MP Tim Farron presented the business case for a satellite radiotherapy unit at Westmorland General Hospital during a meeting with the health minister Seema Kennedy.
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MP and local councillors back campaign to cut speed limit on ‘dangerous’ Kendal road
South Lakes MP Tim Farron and local Liberal Democrat councillors are backing residents campaigning to reduce the speed limit on the A684 Singleton Park Road in Kendal.
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MP signs cross-party letter demanding urgent investment for South Lakes schools
Local MP Tim Farron has signed a cross-party letter calling for Theresa May to plug the funding gaps faced by local schools as one of her final acts as Prime Minister.
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MP gives ‘two cheers’ to announcement for more ambulances for the North West
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that more emergency ambulances are set to come to the North West.
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Lake District expansion plans must only go ahead with local support - MP
Local MP Tim Farron says new plans to increase the size of the Lake District National Park by expanding it in south Cumbria should be only allowed with the "proper consent" of local residents.
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MP welcomes Government pledge for fairer pay for local postmasters
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the Government's decision to launch a seven-week review into postmaster salaries.
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Limit second home ownership to tackle housing shortage for young people - MP
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, local MP Tim Farron urged the Housing Secretary to tackle the housing crisis by limiting the rise of excessive second home ownership in the South…
