MP challenges Gove to fast-track plans to curb second homes
Local MP Tim Farron has asked the Housing Secretary Michael Gove to urgently bring forward plans to stop family homes being turned into second homes and holiday lets in Cumbria.

Local MP Tim Farron has asked the Housing Secretary Michael Gove to urgently bring forward plans to stop family homes being turned into second homes and holiday lets in Cumbria.
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron secured a meeting with the Education Minister over support for rebuilding Lakes School.
This morning, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron led a Westminster Hall debate on controversial proposals to close ticket offices and significantly reduce the number of hours that stations are staffed.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has warmly welcomed a decision from health bosses not to close Haverthwaite GP surgery.
Next Wednesday, local MP Tim Farron will lead a Westminster Hall debate on the impact of staffing changes on railway stations in Cumbria.
Reacting to Rishi Sunak’s announcement that he is cancelling the HS2 line to Manchester, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron said:
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has warmly welcomed the news that Westmorland and Furness Council have announced funding to bring back the bus service from Sedbergh to Kendal.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron and the Liberal Democrats are calling for a new legal right for cancer patients to start treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral, as part of a plan to boost survival…
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron and local Lib Dem councillors have warmly welcomed the breaking news that controversial plans to build a Co-op on the car park of the Duke of Cumberland pub in Kendal have been…
Local MP Tim Farron has this afternoon started a petition demanding action to improve the state of NHS dental care in rural areas like Cumbria.