South Lakes MP Tim Farron has hit out at Conservative cuts after it was announced that certain bus services in Arnside and Cartmel are set to end next month.
Stagecoach say that from 27th October they will be withdrawing all journeys on their service 552 Arnside to Kendal via Milnthorpe and Hincaster, and all journeys on their service 530 from Cartmel to Kendal via Levens.
The Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railways has agreed to draw up a bid to electrify the Lakes Line to present to the Department for Transport, following a meeting with local MP Tim Farron.
Electrification of the line would allow more direct services from Windermere to Manchester as well as helping to tackle climate change.
At this week's Westmorland County Show, local MP Tim Farron will launch a petition calling on the Government to ditch plans which would cripple Cumbrian hill farmers.
According to the National Farmers' Union, the Government's failure to get a trade deal with the European Union is set to lead to export tariffs of 46% on British lamb, and 65% on British beef.
Local MP Tim Farron is urging the Home Secretary not to go ahead with plans which would make it much harder for businesses in the Lake District to recruit staff.
The Centre for Social Justice, co-founded by Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith, is calling for a proposed £36,700 minimum salary threshold for all new foreign workers.
Local MP Tim Farron has written to bosses at Northern to urgently look at changing rail contracts which are leading to commuters across being South Cumbria being stranded on Sundays.
Last Sunday, nine trains on the Furness Line were cancelled while there were seven cancellations on the Lakes Line on the same day - all down to shortages of drivers.
