South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the Royal Mail, calling for people to be able to send cards and parcels to loved ones in care homes for free for the rest of the year.
It comes as Irish postal service An Post has announced it will carry letters, large envelopes, packets and parcels up to 2kg addressed to residents in nursing and care homes for free until January 31.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has raised over £5,500 for St John's Hospice after he ran the Great Langdale half marathon on Saturday.
St John's Hospice provides free palliative care to patients with life shortening conditions in the South Lakes, North Lancashire and parts of North Yorkshire.
Tim completed the tricky 13 mile fell race in two hours and 16 minutes.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron is calling on the UK Government to follow Scotland's lead in providing a financial support package for outdoor education centres.
This week the Scottish Government announced £2million of support to mitigate the financial challenges facing the residential outdoor education sector as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is calling on Conservative backbench MPs to put country before party and vote to protect British food and farming standards.
The Agriculture Bill will once again return to the House of Commons after the House of Lords voted this week for amendments which would require food imported into the UK to meet the same standards as food produced in this country.
On the floor of the House of the Commons yesterday, local MP Tim Farron made the case for the Government to provide more laptops to help the most disadvantaged school children catch up with their education.
Speaking during a debate in Parliament on whether to extend Free School Meals over the school holidays, Tim said: "It is clear that young people who have no access to learning technology at home fall further behind than those who do have access to wi-fi, laptops and larger screens.
