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
Send Gordon Brown a cancer unit reminder! - Tim's challenge to residents to prompt PM on local campaign
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is encouraging local people to give Prime Minister Gordon Brown a seasonal reminder of the campaign for a cancer treatment unit at the Westmorland General Hospital - and all it takes is a click on the Number 10 website!
16 Dec 2009
Farron hands over petition to university board as they debate proposal to close Ambleside campus
South Lakes MP Tim Farron last night formally handed-over his 3000-strong petition against the closure of Ambleside campus to the university's academic board. Among the signatures are some 1400 substantive comments which show the real strength of opposition to moving students to Carlisle, Penrith or Lancaster.
16 Dec 2009
Farron celebrates cancer unit success!
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is today celebrating success after hearing that Kendal's Westmorland General Hospital has now officially been chosen as the preferred location for a new radiotherapy treatment centre.
16 Dec 2009
MP pitches for IT apprenticeships scheme with local I.T company
Tim Farron secured a meeting with business and skills minister David Lammy to pitch for a deal that would create hundreds of new apprenticeships for new graduates.
16 Dec 2009
RPA in need of "urgent reform" says Farron after report slams agency debacle
The Rural Payments Agency must undergo "urgent reform" according to Liberal Democrat Shadow Defra Secretary Tim Farron MP, who has expressed his concern that farmers could continue to pay the penalty for the agency's bureaucratic bungling.
16 Dec 2009
Preston Park - Jacquie Bell writes
The debate over Egglescliffe School has certainly been hotting up since Dari Taylor MP wrote to local residents proposing to rebuild it at Preston Park. I have been viewing the debate and the hard work put into it by the 3 Liberal Democrat Councillors in Eaglescliffe.
15 Dec 2009
