http://www.timfarron.co.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Tim Farron MP en-GB Tim Farron MP http://www.timfarron.co.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2009 Tim Farron MP 2009-07-04T03:52+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000713/ageing_and_on_the_bread_line__farron_calls_for_support_for_hill_farmers.html More support needs to be given to hill farmers according to Liberal Democrat Shadow Defra Secretary Tim Farron who believes hill farming could die out within ten years unless urgent steps are taken to inject new lifeblood into the industry. 2009-05-12T09:21+01:00 http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000711/scrap_the_regional_spatial_strategy_and_let_communities_decide_where_they_want_housing__says_farron.html South Lakes MP Tim used his speech today to the Mitre Housing Association to call on the Government to scrap the Regional Spatial Strategy and allow local communities to make their own decisions about where housing should be situated. 2009-05-11T16:25+01:00 http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000712/gazette_letter_leads_to_school_visit.html Local MP Tim Farron will visit Staveley Primary School tomorrow to talk to pupils from years 3 and 4 about the importance of looking after the local environment, after the MP responded to a letter in the Westmorland Gazette written by school's pupils about the number of potholes in the roads around Staveley. 2009-05-11T12:22+01:00 http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000710/farron_issues_sos_for_dairy_farmers.html Immediate action is needed to save Britain's dairy industry according to Liberal Democrat Shadow Defra Secretary Tim Farron MP, who believes the huge number of dairy farmers leaving the industry has led to a crisis of confidence. 2009-05-11T11:14+01:00 http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000709/bid_for_support_for_renewable_energy_centre_for_south_lakes_gets_warm_response_from_minister.html Local MP led a delegation of local business people and representatives from the District Council and the university community to meet with Climate Change Minister Mike O'Brien. The meeting was about plans to build a renewable energy centre in South Lakeland which would be a huge boost for the local economy that will create hundreds of 'green' jobs for the community. 2009-05-07T09:09+01:00 http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000708/mp_backs_calls_to_double_doctor_coverage_at_westmorland_general.html Health campaigner, Tim Farron MP has reiterated his call for more doctors to be appointed to Westmorland General Hospital following a report from the Independent Health Experts to the County's Health Committee. 2009-05-06T09:26+01:00 http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000707/farron_demands_more_beds_at_morecambe_bay.html South Lakes MP Tim Farron has expressed his concern about the number of operations being cancelled at Morecambe Bay due to a shortage of hospital beds. 2009-05-05T15:18+01:00 http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000706/farron_hails_historic_victory_for_gurkhas.html Local MP Tim Farron joined hundreds of other MPs to defeat the Government on Gurkha settlement rights in Parliament last week. The Liberal Democrat-led debate saw the Gurkhas securing the support of Parliament for their right to settle in the UK. 2009-05-05T14:37+01:00 http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000705/third_of_kendal_renal_unit_beds_lying_empty_while_dialysis_patients_are_forced_to_make_huge_journeys_preston.html Six of the eighteen beds in the new renal unit at Westmorland General Hospital are lying vacant despite the fact that there are dozens of south lakes patients who are desperate for treatment. 2009-05-05T14:24+01:00 http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000704/mp_wins_promise_to_help_south_lakes_businesses_take_on_local_apprentices.html Rural businesses are struggling to take advantage of apprenticeships according to South Lakes MP Tim Farron, who today called on the Government to increase funding for rural businesses to allow them to recruit more apprentices to help businesses survive the recession. 2009-04-30T12:27+01:00 http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000703/government_have_been_complacent_in_its_handling_of_bluetongue_crisis__says_farron.html Liberal Democrat Defra Spokesperson Tim Farron has accused the Government of being complacent in its handling of the UK's bluetongue crisis after it was revealed that millions of doses of vaccine could be thrown away. This means that the number of animals that have been immunised is much lower than the government's targets - leaving the door open to dangerous outbreaks this summer. 2009-04-29T09:15+01:00 http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000702/affordable_homes_in_south_lakeland_could_stand_empty_unless_government_acts_to_force_mortgage_fairness.html Local MP Tim Farron today took his fight to protect the provision of affordable housing for local residents in South Lakeland to Parliament by tabling an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling on the Government to help first time buyers. 2009-04-28T17:12+01:00 http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000701/business_survey_a_success.html Local businesses have been responding to local MP Tim Farron's business survey. Tim spent Easter week calling on businesses in Kendal, Ambleside, Windermere, Sedbergh, Kirkby Lonsdale, Milnthorpe, Grange and Cartmel. At each business he visited he left a business survey, giving businesses the chance to share their experiences of the recession. 2009-04-28T15:05+01:00 http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000700/farron_celebrates_arrival_of_new_rescue_vehicles_at_arnside.html South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that coastguard chiefs are to provide new rescue vehicles following his campaign for a replacement for the Arnside rescue boat. 2009-04-28T13:50+01:00 http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000699/mp_calls_for_nhs_cumbria_to_support_threatened_service_for_me_sufferers.html Tim Farron is backing local people suffering from M.E-otherwise known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-who could have a valued specialist advice service removed. It has been revealed that National Lottery funding for the Morecambe Bay M.E specialist adviser is due to run out in the summer. 2009-04-28T10:25+01:00