South Lakes MP Tim Farron was presented this week with a framed copy of a poem by Cumbrian student Jacob Currie, who won a prestigious Cumbrian poetry competition judged by descendants of William Wordsworth.
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the latest statistics showing that the employment rate in Westmorland and Lonsdale puts it in the top 2% of all constituencies in the country.
Tomorrow's world will be tougher for Britain, as US hegemony ebbs, rival global power centres re-emerge, and international institutions stall. Leaving the EU would hurt Britain's ability to face these challenges, making it less secure and reducing its influence on global affairs, according to a new report from the European Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank, assessing the three dimensions of power - diplomatic, military and economic: http://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ECFR-100_YEARS_OF_SOLITUDE-may-2016.pdf
Although few would dispute the need for a devolution deal for the North East to give the region more power and funding for economic development, skills, and transport, as well as health and social care, there is growing concern in the region over the inability of North East council leaders to get their act together to ensure the deal goes through.
Here is Tim Farron's speech in full from the Queen's Speech debate. He cracks some pretty decent jokes, maybe a couple that aren't quite as funny, and sets out what we would have done differently. He also took time to pay tribute to David Rendel.
In the last year we have seen this Government lurch from crisis to crisis, falling out with everyone from NHS staff, to local authorities, to teachers, and even falling out amongst themselves over the European Referendum. They've been so preoccupied with firefighting, that they have shown us nothing in the way of a vision or a long-term strategy. What we need, and what we deserve, is a distinctive, radical plan to deliver for future generations, and which puts education and opportunity for all at its heart. That is the kind of strategy the Liberal Democrats are offering. The consequences of failing to think long term could be catastrophic for generations to come.