Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that work to solve problems with sewage in Burneside after heavy rain is due to start in just a few weeks.
After flooding over recent weekends, Tim again pressed United Utilities to get on with the work.
In reply, United Utilities have confirmed they will start groundwork and investigation work in March, with the main construction work starting in September once planning permission is granted.
Reacting to today's announcement from the Government that people from outside of the UK will only be able to work in the Lake District hospitality industry if they earn at least £25,600 a year, local MP Tim Farron said:
"The Conservative Government have today unleashed a wrecking ball to the Lake District hospitality industry.
On the floor of the House of Commons this morning, local MP Tim Farron warned the Government that their new immigration proposals would leave a gaping hole in the construction workforce needed to build affordable homes in the South Lakes.
This week the Prime Minister is set to give the go ahead to plans which would prevent migrants from working in the UK unless they earn at least £25,600 a year.
Local MP Tim Farron says the Government have abandoned communities in the South Lakes after they failed to act on a tax loophole which sees some second homeowners get away with paying no council tax whatsoever by pretending to be a small business.
A Government consultation on closing the loophole ended over a year ago, but during a meeting with housing minister Esther McVey last week, the minister told Tim that they were still looking through responses to the consultation.
Following today's announcement that the Government have given the go-ahead for HS2, local MP Tim Farron will table an Early Day Motion in Parliament this week calling for the high-speed trains to stop in Cumbria.
The current plans will see high-speed trains from London pass through the county without stopping, meaning passengers on the West Coast Main Line will have to change at Preston to get to Oxenholme, Penrith and Carlisle.
