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MP TAKES AMBLESIDE CAMPAIGN TO WESTMINSTER
Local MP Tim Farron will tonight present a petition on the floor of the House of Commons protesting against the closure of Ambleside Campus at the University of Cumbria.
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUMMIT POINTS THE WAY FORWARD
A groundbreaking public meeting on affordable housing was held by the Lakes parish affordable housing group and chaired by local councillor Vivienne Rees on Friday evening.
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MP supports Whinfell School's Children in Need run
Local MP Tim Farron joined pupils from Kendal's Whinfell Special School last Friday in a 5 mile fell run over Scout Scar to raise funds for the BBC Children in Need appeal.
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MP OPENS NEW DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE AT JOHN RUSKIN SCHOOL CONISTON
Local MP Tim Farron joined staff and students at John Ruskin School in Coniston to formally open the school's new design and technology centre.
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MP joins fundraising drive to replace school climbing frame
Local MP Tim Farron has joined Crosscrake Primary School's fundraising drive to replace their climbing frame after it was condemned.
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Forward Diary: 10 to 16 November 2008
Tim will travel to Westminster on Monday for a meeting with the national cancer tsar, Prof Mike Richards, to press the case for a cancer treatment centre in Kendal.
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"Cut in interest rates won't be a panacea for farming industry" says Farron
The Bank of England's surprise decision to cut UK interest rates to 3%, the lowest level since 1955, was welcomed by Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA Tim Farron MP, but he has warned that this…
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"Post Offices the hub of rural communities" says Farron
Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA Tim Farron MP today asked the Department to do more to protect rural communities by calling on the Government to expand the rural post office network.
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Comment from Tim Farron on Barack Obama election
"Like many others, I spent the early hours of the morning eagerly waiting the news that we had all been hoping for. The news, that America now has its first black President.
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"Displaced dental patients should be allowed to return to NHS" says Farron
Local MP, Tim Farron has welcomed confirmation from the Cumbria PCT that a new NHS dentistry will be established in the New Year; but has asked for assurances that patients forced to go private after…