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MP '730 apprenticeships created in Westmorland in the last year alone'
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that 730 apprenticeships have been created in Westmorland & Lonsdale in the last year.
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MP welcomes VAT refund for Mountain Rescue teams
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that VAT will be refunded for our Mountain Rescue, Search and Rescue and Air Ambulance teams. The refund, announced in today's Autumn Statement, comes…
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MP welcomes Autumn Statement announcements
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the Autumn Statement announcements and has said that this will help businesses and residents in South Cumbria. Tim pointed to the increase in the tax threshold…
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MP attacks further milk price cuts
South Lakes MP Tim Farron and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming Tim Farron has attacked the news that Dairy Crest and First Milk will be cutting their milk prices in early…
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MP welcomes festive fun to Kendal
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that Kendal will host a series of festive events this December, ranging from Christmas Markets to skating rinks.
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More needs to be done to help Westmorland's nearly 10,000 carers says Farron
'More needs to be done to help Westmorland's 9,748 carers' says South Lakes MP Tim Farron. Tim called the nearly 10,000 carers 'unsung heroes'.
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MP: Countdown to small business Saturday
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has started the countdown to this year's Small Business Saturday event on December 6th - when small, independent businesses in communities across Cumbria will be in the…
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Farron pledges to support the halve it campaign to tackle late and undiagnosed HIV
Last week, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron met in Westminster with members of the HIV community and signed a pledge to halve late diagnosed and undiagnosed HIV through national and local…
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MP urges community groups to bid for £25 million rural transport funding
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is urging community transport organisations across Cumbria to apply to a new £25 million fund to provide them with new minibuses.
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Farron re-elected chair of parliamentary hill farming group
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron was yesterday re-elected chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming. The group met to discuss issues facing Hill Farmers over the past 6 months.