South Lakes MP Tim Farron will be launching a campaign on Monday to boost tourism by using twitter to tell the world about the hidden gems in Cumbria.

President Barack Obama during his recent State of the Union address launched a #visitUS campaign which asked people to tweet their favourite place inAmerica and why they loved it in a bid to boost tourism. Tim is hoping that residents can do the same with a hashtag of #visitcumbria.

Following today's announcement that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued a formal warning to University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust saying it must do more to improve standards of care, Tim Farron MP has called on the trust to apologise to local people, who campaigned against the closure of acute services at Westmorland General Hospital.

South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today said that the Council are already planning a major climb-down on their plans to close six recycling centers.

Cumbria County Council, run by a Conservative-Labour alliance, launched a consultation to close six household waste recycling centres across the county, including those at Millom, Ambleside, Kirkby Stephen and Grange-over-Sands at the start of the year. The plans have been faced by a barrage of criticism from local residents, who believe that it will lead to an increase in fly tipping.

South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, has called on Transport Minister, Mike Penning, to take into account the recent consultation of local residents about the A590 when he makes his visit to the Lake District.

The Highways Agency last week published its interim report on the Route Management of the A590 which outlined the views expressed by local residents at the consultation which took place on November 16 2011. The interim report records feedback on the A590 under the four specific route sections: M6-Meathop; Meathop to Newby Bridge; Newby Bridge to Ulverston; and Ulverston to Park Road.

South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that Action for Market Towns (AMT) has today announced that their 2012 National Convention will be held in Kendal. The event will attract hundreds of delegates to the two day event on 18^th and 19^th October, bringing an estimated £100,000 to the local economy.

South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today said that he is 'very hopeful' that a Post Office will be reopened in Hawkshead soon.

Tim had a series of phone calls yesterday with Post Office Ltd and various local businesses to try and find a solution and to bring the service back to the village. The branch closed on 25 January 2012. With Hawkshead post office closed, the nearest branches are almost 5 miles away at Ambleside and Coniston with a limited bus service.

South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called for NHS bosses to cut costs and not care in a drive to deal with their recently uncovered £1.2 million deficit from the first half of 2011-12 financial year.

In the minutes of a University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust board meeting, Tim Bennett the trust's Director of Finance laid out the current financial position of the hospital: "The financial performance in September was worse than planned by £201k, with a deficit of £7k incurred compared to a planned surplus of £194k. The deficit for the year to date is £1,153k which is £799k worse than planned at this stage."

South Lakes MP Tim Farron has launched a campaign with local Liberal Democrat councillors calling on Cumbria County Council to think again about their plans to close six recycling centres.

Following widespread anger at the closures, Cumbria County Council has launched a consultation to close six household waste recycling centres across the county, including Millom, Ambleside, Kirkby Stephen and Grange. The plan is being proposed by the Conservative-Labour alliance that runs the County Council.

South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, has today announced that on Saturday 3^rd 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.

South Lakes MP 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.