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
Hands off Preston Park
Dari Taylor MP has joined Ingleby Barwick Independent councillors in calling for Egglescliffe School to be moved into Preston Park. Eaglescliffe residents are furious. Councillors John Fletcher, Alan Lewis and Maureen Rigg have been inundated with emails, phone calls and personal calls from people complaining about it.
1 Dec 2009
Cancer survival rates will be improved by Kendal cancer unit says Farron
Tim Farron has reacted to a report by the Cancer Tsar, Professor Mike Richard, which shows that Britain is behind the rest of Europe when it comes to cancer survival rates. Tim believes that the new report emphasises the need for Kendal's cancer unit to be built urgently.
1 Dec 2009
MP congratulates Kendal College for securing £1 million for arts centre
Local MP Tim Farron has today congratulated Kendal College for securing over £1m of funding for a new arts campus on Wildman Street. Tim has joined college principal Graham Wilkinson in lobbying the North West Development Agency over the last few months for the release of these funds.
1 Dec 2009
Farron Calls on Government to Repay Taxes to Mountain Rescue Flood Heroes
Following tributes paid to the Cumbrian emergency services by Prince Charles for their rescue efforts during the recent floods South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has called on the Government to deliver much needed financial support to Mountain Rescue teams after thousands of pounds worth of equipment was destroyed during rescue operations during last weeks floods.
1 Dec 2009
MP questions whether lake waters were held too high by Environment Agency
Tim Farron has put the Environment Agency on the spot over claims that water levels in Lake Windermere were kept artificially high before the floods of 19 November.
1 Dec 2009
Mayor Dave Hodgson Launches Climate Change Fund
Mayor of Bedford Borough Dave Hodgson has announced the launch of the Council's Climate Change fund, a radical move to fund projects which will cut CO2 emissions in the Borough and protect the environment. The fund, which will be open to applications early in the new year, will be launched with an initial £100,000, with the scheme set to grow in future years. It will help organisations including schools, community groups and the council itself undertake capital projects which will have a real impact on protecting the local and wider environment.
30 Nov 2009
