This afternoon, local MP Tim Farron has handed in a petition to the Department for Health against controversial plans to merge Lancaster and Preston's hospital onto a single site.

The petition, which has garnered 8,361 signatures, opposes the plans and calls on the Government and health bosses to ensure residents in the South Lakes don't have to travel any further for acute hospital treatment.

On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, South Lakes MP Tim Farron asked government ministers to allow MPs to be given the final say on the new trade deal with Australia.

The RSPCA have warned that the deal will "betray the public, farmers and animals" and could set back animal welfare by decades.

In Parliament last night, South Lakes MP Tim Farron pleaded with ministers to U-turn on controversial plans to sack NHS workers who haven't had a coronavirus vaccine.

Over 1,700 people in Cumbria signed an online petition that was debated in Westminster Hall yesterday which called for employers to be prohibited from requiring staff to be vaccinated against covid-19.

South Lakes MP Tim Farron has warmly welcomed the news that the House of Lords have voted to repeal a law which makes it a criminal offence to sleep rough.

The Vagrancy Act, which dates back to 1824, can lead to people being fined £1,000 and given a criminal record for sleeping on the streets.

Last year, Tim co-sponsored the Vagrancy (Repeal) Bill, introduced by fellow Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran, and joined cross-party MPs in writing to the Housing Secretary urging him to scrap this "archaic and outdated law".

On the floor of the House of Commons this week, local MP Tim Farron accused Conservative ministers of selling out Britain's high animal welfare standards in their trade deal with Australia.

The RSPCA have warned that the deal would "betray the public, farmers and animals" and could set back animal welfare by decades.