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MP expresses concerns over the future of outdoor education
Local MP Tim Farron has expressed concerns over the future of outdoor education centres.
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MP urges government to rethink over damaging school cuts
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the Department of Education, asking them to scrap plans for huge cuts to local schools.
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Farron calls for government to stop dragging its feet over flood defences
Local MP Tim Farron has written to the DEFRA secretary Michael Gove asking the government to act swiftly to deliver flood defences.
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Farron calls for government to put “shambolic” Universal Credit on hold
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called for the government to pause the roll out of Universal Credit.
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MP slams Hammond over ignoring Cumbria in Northern Powerhouse pledge
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has hit out over Philip Hammond's decision to ignore Cumbria in his new spending plans for the North.
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MP’s campaign gets results as government announces people with long-term chronic illnesses are to be exempt from benefits reassessments
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that from today (Friday 29th September), people with chronic illnesses who claim Employment and Support Allowance will no longer be re-tested.
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MP welcomes climbdown over plans to withdraw out-of-hour crisis cover
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has withdrawn its plans to remove overnight mental health psychiatrists.
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MP slams shock plans to remove mental health psychiatrists as “dangerous” and “inhumane”
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has expressed deep concerns over shock new plans for Trust Consultant Psychiatrists who work during the night to be removed - a move that could leave local people with…
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Farron visits homes affected by Storm Desmond who are still waiting for flood protection
Local MP Tim Farron has been visiting residents in the Mintsfeet area of Kendal who are still waiting for flood protection - nearly two years after Storm Desmond flooded their homes.
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Farron calls on DEFRA secretary to end the threat to withdraw drainage in the Lyth Valley
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the DEFRA secretary Michael Gove asking him to finally withdraw the threat to shut the drainage pumps in the Lyth Valley.