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MP supports campaign to abolish 'up to' broadband charges
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has pledged his support to a campaign to end the unfair practice of charging customers for broadband services 'up to' a certain speed.
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MP holds football surgeries to engage with young people in Kendal
On Thursday local MP Tim Farron held another highly successful day of "Football Surgeries" with young people on three estates in Kendal. Tim played a series of five-a-side games with over a hundred…
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MP welcomes more money for additional school places in Cumbria
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron has welcomed the announcement that Cumbria will receive an additional £799,599 this year to relieve the pressure on school places.
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Farron backs trailblazing plans to cut energy bills in the South Lakes
Local MP Tim Farron is backing a trailblazing plan that could cut the energy bills of South Lakes households.
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Farron: inspectors overlooked hospital trust failings
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, has received information that the Care Quality Commission (CQC), one of the regulators looking into the recent failings at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS…
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MP helps Witherslack to get the chance of 3G broadband
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed news that Witherslack has been shortlisted for a major 3G pilot. Tim has been lobbying hard behind the scenes to make sure that the South Lakes village is put…
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MP holds football youth surgeries in Kendal
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has announced that on Thursday 12th April he will be holding his annual youth surgeries on three estates in Kendal.
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'Grayrigg sentence will hopefully end the final chapter of tragedy' says MP
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that the Network Rail have been fined £4 million for breaching the Health & Safety at Work Act over the Cumbrian rail crash at Grayrigg in which one…
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MP to press OFCOM over 4G universal broadband coverage
Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron, is due to meet with representatives of Ofcom to raise concerns over the upcoming 4G auction, which, under the current proposals for a new mobile broadband spectrum, could…
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Farron meets with Highways officials to discuss problems at Plumgarths
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, this morning met with Highways engineers and local business owners to discuss the impact on businesses of the ongoing road works at Plumgarths roundabout on the A591.