Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
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 makes formal bid for chemotherapy unit
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has this week written to the board of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust formally asking them to bring chemotherapy services to the Westmorland General Hospital as part of the wider bid for a cancer treatment centre.
11 Dec 2008
Winter gritting Needed
A Hinckley Councillor is calling for several streets in his ward to be included on the winter gritting routes.
11 Dec 2008
Local MP welcomes greater competition for rural gas supplies
South Lakes Tim Farron MP has welcomed an order by the Competition Commission to improve competition in the Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) market, which he says is disadvantaging some rural communities.
11 Dec 2008
Shepway Council's huge cuts to balance Council books
Shepway Council are proposing a net cut of £1.4 million to its total budget for the next and future financial years. There are cuts in budgets for new play equipment, provision of new bus shelters and skips, and huge increases in charges for Sandgate car parking.
10 Dec 2008
Liberal Democrats welcome European Court ruling on DNA records
Local Liberal Democrat campaigner, Robin Lawrence has welcomed a European court ruling that holding the data of people who have not been convicted of a crime breaches their personal rights.
10 Dec 2008
Numbers seeing NHS dentists in Cumbria drops by over 22,000 in just two years
MP Tim Farron has described the NHS dentist system as being in "crisis", after new figures released by the NHS revealed that over 22,000 fewer people in Cumbria saw an NHS dentist after the introduction of the new dental contract.
10 Dec 2008