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'Farming figures are welcome news'
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has today backed the National Farmers Union (NFU) campaign called Farming Delivers and welcomed news that the agriculture sector has grown in the last 12 months.
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MP calls for urgent bus routes meeting after tender results
Local MP Tim Farron has called for an urgent meeting with the County Council, Stagecoach and the new bus providers to talk to them about local issues and make sure residents do not see a dip in…
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MP to meet Kendal Town FC to try and find a way forward for the club
Local MP Tim Farron is meeting with the Chairman and committee of Kendal Town FC today to try and help the club move forward.
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MP welcomes major investment package for South Lakes young people
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has joined with county councillors Geoff Cook and Ian Stewart to formally welcome a package of measures totalling £115,000 for young people in the South Lakes agreed today.
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MP calls for home hospice care in the South Lakes
Local MP Tim Farron has today launched a major new campaign to try and bring 'hospice at home at night' services to the South Lakes.
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Farron meets with Vodafone to bring mobile broadband trial to Cumbria
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today met with Vodafone to push ahead with innovative plans to plug the gaps in Cumbrian mobile broadband coverage.
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Farron meets environment chief to demand support for upland farmers
Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron, this morning met with the Chair of Natural England, Poul Christensen, to discuss the future of funding for the uplands.
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MP launches on-line youth survey
Local MP Tim Farron has launched a survey for young people in the South Lakes
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Farron calls for action after research shows young rural driver drivers most at risk
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has called for targeted action to help young drivers in the countryside, after new research shows rural drivers are more likely to be killed or injured than urban drivers.
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MP: 'We must do more to end fuel poverty'
The 2012 Annual Report on Fuel Poverty Statistics shows that in the UK, fuel poverty fell from 5.5m households in 2009 to 4.75m in 2010. Locally the report showed that in Westmorland and Lonsdale…
