Farron backs Bill to save local post offices
Local MP, Tim Farron will dash back to London this Friday to back the Sustainable Communities Bill, when it is due to be debated on the floor of the House of Commons.
24 Jan 2007
Local MP, Tim Farron will dash back to London this Friday to back the Sustainable Communities Bill, when it is due to be debated on the floor of the House of Commons.
Local MP, Tim Farron held his first Youth Forum last Friday which gives young people in the area the chance to air their concerns and talk to Tim. The event was well attended by pupils from schools across the constituency, and many important issues were discussed in considerable detail.
another four beds lost at Westmorland General Hospital Local MP Tim Farron has stated his opposition to the closure of ward 1 at Kendal's Westmorland General Hospital as it becomes clear that the closure will result in the lost of another four beds at the hospital.
Local MP, Tim Farron will join local campaigners for a cold night sleeping out at Kendal Castle on Saturday 27th January.
George Bush faced his toughest test yet when he gave the State of the Union address- as the most unpopular US leader in history. Bush's approval ratings were the lowest for any president the day before a State of the Union speech since Richard Nixon in 1974. In the most damning survey, 65 per cent said they disapprove of how he handles his job as president. And 71 per cent of Americans said the country is on the wrong track. Many polled in a Washington Post/ABC survey also admitted they don't approve of Bush's policies on the Iraq war, terrorism or the economy.
British forces should begin a "staged withdrawal" from Iraq in May, with the last forces leaving by the end of October. Speaking this morning on Radio Four's Today Programme Lib Dem Leader Sir Menzies Campbell said ministers should now spend three months consulting coalition and regional allies over precise details. Sir Menzies said, "Between 1 May and the end of October we should conduct a staged withdrawal of United Kingdom forces.