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FARRON SUPPORTS SCHEME TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron is supporting a new river monitoring system which will benefit both farmers and locals.
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MP WELCOMES GUN LICENCE UPDATE AFTER REVIEW OF CUMBRIA SHOOTINGS
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today welcomed news that the Home Office has suggested that people who have been given suspended sentences could be refused a firearms licence.
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MP CALLS FOR RE-THINK AS REGIONAL FIRE CONTROL CENTRE PLANS TAKE ANOTHER HIT AFTER MERSEYSIDE BACKS OUT
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on Cumbria County Council to follow Merseyside and withdraw from plans to set up a regional fire control centre.
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FARRON LAUNCHES ONLINE RADIOTHERAPY PETITION
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has launched a petition online to bring radiotherapy services to Westmorland General.
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MP CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMES NATIONAL PARK EXTENSION BUT CALLS FOR ACTION ON PLANNING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Today South Lakes MP Tim Farron has cautiously welcomed news that Natural England has voted to extend the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks. Tim did caution that is now time for the…
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MP WELCOMES MILK PRICE INCREASE BUT SAYS MORE MUST BE DONE TO HELP DAIRY FARMERS
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today welcomed news that Meadow Foods - the UK's leading independent dairy group - are increasing their producer milk price from 1st October .
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MP WELCOMES UNIVERSITY PROMISE TO ‘COME BACK TO AMBLESIDE AND COME BACK TO STAY’
South Lakes MP Tim Farron attended a meeting with University of Cumbria chiefs yesterday where they committed themselves to bringing more students back to Ambleside than ever before.
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MP CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO INTERVENE TO DEAL WITH SPIRALLING RURAL HEATING OIL PRICES
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today called on the government to step in and help curb the massive increase in prices of heating oil in rural areas like ours. Tim has been contacted by local residents…
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LOCAL MP TO APPEAR ON BBC QUESTION TIME
South Lakes MP Tim Farron will be one of those debating the burning issues of the day on the BBC's flagship current affairs television programme Question Time next Thursday.
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MP WELCOMES DEFRA REPORT ON RED TAPE AND CALLS FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SIX DAY RULE
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed a DEFRA select committee report that calls on the government to push the red tape task force's recommendations forward quickly. Tim is keen that the government…