South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, has today announced that on Saturday 3rd March the community will formally hand over the radiotherapy petition to NHS bosses who will decide on Westmorland General Hospital's bid for a radiotherapy unit.
The demonstration will start at 12:30pm at Abbott Hall park, moving through the Arch, ontoDowkers Laneand then onto Highgate. The march will then move down Highgate, finishing at the Birdcage in the centre of Kendal.
SouthLakesMP Tim Farron has called on the government to create a cabinet committee to give tourism a key role at the heart of government.
The proposal was one of 80 submitted to the government this week by an independent panel. The panel was chaired by Alan Parker, President of the British Hospitality Association. The report written by the panel is called: Smart Regulation and Economic Growth: Seizing the Tourism Opportunity.
Following the revelation that no nurses on the Langdale unit at Westmorland General Hospital have been given access to nationally recognised dementia training, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trustto urgently step up support for its nurses.
Local MP Tim Farron has said he is 'delighted' at the news that Cumbrian museums are in line for a major investment.
The 16 Renaissance Major partners will together receive approximately £20 million a year in funding for the next three years as part of its Renaissance programme for regional museums. One of successful bids was the Cumbria Museums Consortium consisting of the Wordsworth Trust, Lakeland Arts Trust and Tullie House from Carlisle - which could receive a £3 million-plus boost.
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that the community campaign to save BBC Radio Cumbria has been successful.
This afternoon BBC Trust Chairman Lord Patten announced in that he had asked BBC bosses to look again at their cuts to BBC local radio and regional shows like Inside Out. This comes after a massive public campaign led by Tim to save the much loved station from a 20% cut.
Local MP Tim Farron has called on the South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) and local community groups to put themselves forward for a slice of a new £100 million fund to bring empty homes back into use.
Communities and Local Government minister Andrew Stunell yesterday invited community and voluntary organisations to apply for a share of £100 million fund that will help bring the empty homes blighting their areas back into use.
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed news that the government has secured the future of the Post Office network in a landmark deal.
The Royal Mail has agreed a 10-year deal to keep using post offices. The deal is a relief to campaigners like South Lakes MP Tim Farron who had previously feared that the Royal Mail would have been free to stop using the post office network.
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, this afternoon joined with MPs from across the area covered by the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust to meet with Health Minister, Simon Burns, to discuss the ongoing problems within the hospital trust.
At the meeting MPs had the opportunity to press the minister as well as representatives from Department of Health, the Care Quality Commission and MONITOR on their overall concerns relating the various reviews into the Trust as well as any specific concerns about their local hospitals.
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, has used an adjournment debate in Westminster Hall to call on the Government to open a fresh inquiry into the sinking of the Naval Submarine, HMS Affray on 16 April 1951 just north of Alderney in the Channel Islands, which killed 75 men.
Tim became involved with the calls for a fresh inquiry following conversations with constituent June Tower, whose husband John Treleaven died onboard the HMS Affray when it sank.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron, local charity Manna House and SLDC housing portfolio holder Cllr Peter Thornton, have today publicly encouraged local councillors to 'join us' for a cold night of rough sleeping at Kendal Castle on Saturday 28th January.
Tim and supporters of Manna House -South Lakeland's charity aimed at supporting people in need of housing - will be sleeping rough to raise money to help local homeless people, and to raise awareness of this issue.
