In the House of Commons this afternoon, local MP Tim Farron urged ministers to raise the minimum wage to tackle rising poverty in the South Lakes.
Local MP Tim Farron is lobbying the Government to give towns in Cumbria a fair share of a new funding initiative.
South Lakes MP and chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming Tim Farron is backing calls from the National Farmers' Union (NFU) to rethink plans to farmers' incomes.
Commenting on the news that University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as 'Requires Improvement' by the Care Quality Commission, local MP Tim Farron said:
In the House of Commons this week, local MP Tim Farron urged the Government to stop robbing Cumbria of money for vital preventative mental health care.
Local MP Tim Farron has met with United Utilities to tell them to stop dragging their feet over a sewer flood relief scheme for Burneside.
Local MP Tim Farron and the Lakes Line Rail User Group met with representatives from the Railway Industry Association (RIA) in Westminster this week as part of the campaign to electrify the Lakes…
Local MP Tim Farron will table a motion in Parliament this week calling for all UK banks to follow TSB's lead in fully compensating all of their customers who are the victims of financial fraud.
In the House of Commons yesterday, South Lakes MP Tim Farron poured scorn over the Government's plans for reforming business rates, saying they amounted to 'fiddling whilst town centres burn'.
Improvements to bus services on the Cartmel Peninsula were on the agenda at a meeting this week.
