Local MP Tim Farron is pressing the Treasury over exempting Mountain Rescue vehicles from paying Vehicle Excise Duty. VED on 4x4 vehicles rises to £400 in April, which will saddle Mountain Rescue…
After the successful campaign to keep the Ambleside NHS dental practice open last year, local MP Tim Farron is today calling on Cumbria Primary Care Trust to prevent the dentist practice in…
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat spokesman for the Countryside spoke today in a parliamentary debate to question the wisdom of the Government's decision to introduce…
Local MP Tim Farron has today been promoted to the Liberal Democrats' Shadow Cabinet by the new party leader Nick Clegg. Tim will now speak for the party on rural affairs issues.
Local MP Tim Farron has today expressed concern at the decision of Northern Rock Foundation to cut millions of pounds for cultural and creative sectors next year. Mr Farron has tabled a parliamentary…
Local MP Tim Farron spoke in parliament today in a debate on housing infrastructure in the UK and presented the case for his ?home on the farm? plan, which would ease the problems of insufficient…
Tim Farron has today put DEFRA Secretary Hilary Benn on the spot over government plans that could lead to a big stink every spring.
Local MP Tim Farron has given warm congratulations to Nick Clegg on being elected as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats. After an eight week campaign Mr Clegg has emerged victorious, and will…
Local MP Tim Farron is today writing to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, to urge him to reconsider the recent change in tax rules, which have decreed that Pigeon Racing is not a…
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the decision to award £50m of lottery funding to the Sustrans Connect2 scheme after it topped a national poll. The scheme will improve travel in 79 communities,…
