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Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
Liberal Democrats angry at Government ditching of Council Tax reform proposals
Despite a £3 million enquiry lasting four years the Government has quietly dropped plans to replace council tax with a fairer system. Government sources reported in the Sunday Express have revealed that ministers will never release a response to the former council chief Sir Michael Lyons' report. The review was set up in 2003 amid mounting anger at double-digit rises in council tax bills.
19 Feb 2008
Liberal Democrat Countryside Spokesman Congratulates Local Winner of Best Rural Retailers Competition
Tim Farron MP, the Liberal Democrat Countryside Spokesman, today congratulated the local winner of the Countryside Alliance's third annual Best Rural Retailers Competition. This year the winner of the Cumbria area of the competition was Garth Steadman, proprietor of 'Steadman's Butchers.' Steadman's Butchers have won this award whilst being supplied almost exclusively through locally reared meat.
19 Feb 2008
Local MP Tim Farron Champions Fairtrade Schools in Westmorland and Lonsdale
Local MP Tim Farron has today encouraged all schools in Westmorland and Lonsdale to sign up to the Fairtrade Schools scheme.
19 Feb 2008
Local MP Tim Farron Champions Fairtrade Schools in Westmorland and Lonsdale
Local MP Tim Farron has today encouraged all schools in Westmorland and Lonsdale to sign up to the Fairtrade Schools scheme.
19 Feb 2008
Minister agrees to force health bosses into top-level meeting
Local MP Tim Farron has received confirmation that the Health Minister, Ann Keen is urging bosses from Cumbria Primary Care Trust, the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust and the North West Ambulance Service to come together with Mr Farron and explain the apparent inconsistencies in NHS bosses' promises to local people as part of their proposed cuts in acute services at Westmorland General Hospital.
19 Feb 2008
"It's a sign!" - Farron
After campaigning for a sign before junction 37 on the M6, Tim Farron MP has received news from the Department for Transport that the Highways Agency are planning to place a signpost for the 'Western Dales'. This could be a huge benefit to tourism in the area and a brown sign here is long overdue.
19 Feb 2008