South Lakes MP Tim Farron has issued a stark warning that the Government's new agriculture plans could see the end of family farming in Britain and wreck much of Britain's landscape.
Today the Government will set out major changes to how farmers will be paid under the new Environmental Land Management Scheme with the Financial Times reporting that farmers face losing at least half of the money they get from the current Basic Payment Scheme.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron is demanding the Government to provide emergency financial support for outdoor education centres after ministers told schools not to take their pupils on overnight residential visits.
Last night the Department for Education issued new guidance on the Government's website stating that they "continue to advise against domestic (UK) overnight educational visits" and that they won't review their advice until next February.
Next Wednesday (December 2nd), South Lakes MP and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Radiotherapy, Tim Farron will lead a Westminster Hall debate on access to cancer diagnosis and treatment during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The pandemic has led to huge delays to cancer services, with the Health Care Research Hub for Cancer warning that up to 35,000 lives could be lost as a result.
On Carers Rights Day, South Lakes MP Tim Farron and the Liberal Democrats have launched a campaign calling on the Government to raise Carer's Allowance by £1,000 a year, to help support 1,290 unpaid carers in South Lakeland during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Liberal Democrat proposals centre around increasing Carer's Allowance from its current rate of £67.25 a week to £87.25, in line with the £20 a week uplift in Universal Credit announced at the start of the pandemic.
Commenting on today's news that Cumbria will be in Tier 2 restrictions from December 2nd, local MP Tim Farron said: "News of more restrictions is never welcome, however we should take encouragement from the fact that we can see the light at the end of the tunnel with a vaccine just round the corner.
