Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
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13 Sep 2023
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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
MP uses keynote speech to back scheme to improve affordable housing
Local MP Tim Farron will use a speech at the Cumbria Rural Housing Trust conference at Melmerby Hall this Thursday to back community land trusts which he says can help to help ease the shortage of affordable housing without necessitating a large initial outlay of capital. Tim will propose a radical new plan which would see tax incentives given to persuade people to donate or bequeath land to the trusts.
25 Jun 2008
Farron asks Chancellor to back Kendal Tax Office
Local MP Tim Farron questioned the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling after he made his statement to the House of Commons on the lost data discs last November on the proposed closure of the HM Revenue and Customs office in Kendal. Mr Darling stated that the discs, containing personal data on millions of people, were lost because of 'cultural' failings.
25 Jun 2008
Farron celebrates success in campaign for tourist signs for Sedbergh and the Dales
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the confirmation that the campaign to persuade the Department for Transport and the Highways Agency to install brown tourist signs directing people to the 'Western Dales' has been successful. Brown signs will appear at Junction 37 this autumn. This should see a sizeable boost in tourism to the area, and is a direct result of Mr Farrons' continued campaign. The key to the Government's decision appears to have been a meeting held between Mr Farron and Transport Minister Tom Harris last December, but has been followed by a consultation period which has now concluded. Mr Farron is nevertheless concerned because the signs are not to be installed until autumn, after the current main tourist season.
25 Jun 2008
Farron welcomes Parliamentary inquiry into pubco power
Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that a Parliamentary Committee will take a second look at the power of the pubcos. The news comes on the back of months of campaigning by Mr Farron, who tabled a strongly supported parliamentary motion calling for the inquiry. Specifically, the Business and Enterprise Committee will be looking into whether the recommendations of the 2004 Trade and Industry Committee report on pubcos have been followed.
25 Jun 2008
The Christmas Lights Debate Continues
The ruling Residents' Party is determined only to match funds raised by the business community despite RA councillors having agreed in a private meeting early in 2008 that the borough council could spend up to £10,000.
25 Jun 2008
Labour tries to foist nuclear waste on local councils
Henry Vann has criticised the government proposals over procedures for selecting sites for the long term storage of nuclear waste.
25 Jun 2008