Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
News
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
Identity Cards - RA Party sits on the fence
A proposal clarifying that Epsom & Ewell Borough Council will not voluntarily ask residents to show ID Cards or add residents' details to the National Database was defeated recently by RA Party councillors. Instead they agreed not to decide their policy until after the government announces whether they will force councils to insist on seeing ID cards and hand over residents' data.
26 May 2009
MP intervenes as residents raise concerns over anti-social behaviour around Sedbergh and Cautley
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has taken action after a number of residents expressed concern about the behaviour of a minority of travellers who are settled in the Cautley and Sedbergh areas on their way to the Appleby Horse Fair.
26 May 2009
MP brokers meeting to discuss huge excavation of the Glebe at Bowness
On Friday, local MP Tim Farron brokered a meeting to discuss the work being undertaken by United Utilities at the Glebe in Bowness following concerns that key stakeholders had not been kept well informed about the work.
26 May 2009
As visitors fill our roads - Farron bids to bring back 'stolen' highway funds to South Lakes
As the Whitsun half term holidays see a welcome influx of visitors to our area, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has made a formal bid to win back £500,000 of road repairs money that was diverted from South Lakeland's roads last month.
26 May 2009
Farron welcomes Outreach Post Office at Chapel Stile as "positive step"
News that there will now be an outreach Post Office at Chapel Stile has been described by South Lakes Tim Farron as a "positive step forward" for the community. Mr Farron welcomed the announcement but reiterated his disappointment that residents in Langdale would continue to be deprived of a fully operational Post Office.
26 May 2009
FARRON WINS ELEVENTH HOUR REPRIEVE FOR LAKELAND TREES
Plans to fell hundreds of trees in the Broughton in Furness area have been put on hold after South Lakes MP Tim Farron won a reprieve from the Forestry Commission this morning.
26 May 2009