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Farron fights for local cockling rights
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has raised the issue of illegal cockling in Parliament, amid the closure of the North West cockle beds.
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Farron: Over 3,000 signatures in support of radiotherapy unit campaign is ‘overwhelming’
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has today thanked residents for the tremendous level of local support they have shown to the campaign to bring radiotherapy services to Westmorland General…
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900 children in Cumbria gain access to free early years education thanks to MP's lobbying
South Lakes MP Tim Farron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg are today announcing proposals to extend free early years education to 900 families with two-year-olds in Cumbria will be published by…
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MP calls on government to set up public inquiry on Grayrigg
In response to last week's verdict in the Inquest into the Grayrigg tragedy of February 2007, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has used Transport Questions to call on the government to set up a nationwide…
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MP welcomes recycling figures showing South Lakes as above average
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the release of recycling rates, showing South Lakes to be high up on the list.
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Farron calls on parish councils to use powers to help save local pubs
Following last week's successful British Pub Week, South Lakes MP Tim Farron, is calling on parish councils across South Lakeland to use the powers they have to help save local community pubs and…
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Greening farm payments could be counter-productive - Farron
Plans to make the Common Agricultural Policy more green could backfire spectacularly, says South Lakes MP Tim Farron.
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MP praises local businesses as apprenticeships almost double across the South Lakes
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP, Tim Farron, is today praising local businesses across South Lakeland as the number of apprenticeships created in the constituency has increased by 96% over the past year.
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Hospital trust must do more to reassure public says MP
Local MP Tim Farron is calling on the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust to do more to reassure the public in the South Lakes and North Lancashire after a string of issues…
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MP welcomes decision to send ambulances to Westmorland General Hospital
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, has welcomed the decision by the North West Ambulance Service to start encouraging paramedics to take patients with minor injuries to the Primary Care Assessment Service…
