Local MP Tim Farron used today's Prime Minister's Questions session to call for the establishment of a new cross-party group to bring forward a new deal to fix Britain's social care system.

Speaking on the floor of the House of Commons, Tim said: "This logjammed and underworked Parliament could become one of the best if we chose to work across party to fix our broken social care system.

On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, local MP Tim Farron made the case for cash-strapped post offices in the South Lakes to receive the funding needed to provide banking services.

Speaking during Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy questions, Tim said: "One of the silver linings of the decision of the high street banks to abandon our town centres is that post offices are now able to pick up that slack.

Local MP Tim Farron has written to the Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd calling for the introduction of 'poverty impact assessment clauses' on all new laws after new figures revealed that almost 1 in 4 children in South Lakeland are currently living below the poverty line.

According to the Office for National Statistics, 23% of children in the district are living in poverty after housing costs are taken into account.

Local MP Tim Farron has joined the search for Trustees to lead a new mental health charity based in South Lakeland.

A team of volunteers, supported by CADAS, Growing Well, Manna House and Tim, are working together to create a new charity to provide affordable counselling and potentially other support services.

In Parliament this morning, South Lakes MP Tim Farron made the case for a new reimbursement scheme to be made available to past victims of online banking scams.

Last week, a new code of conduct which will cover losses for people who have been tricked into transferring bank payments to fraudsters came into force.