Lemington councillor Joanne Park has led calls for the minimum age for women in England to be invited for screening for cervical cancer to be lowered to 20 - in line with the rest of the United Kingdom.
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.
After years as a BBC war correspondent and an environmental campaigner I really thought there was little more that could shock me when it comes to man's ability to destroy, but what I heard at last week's meeting of the Camden Council's all-party Sustainability Task Force appalled me.
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg will tomorrow call on Gordon Brown to reverse the shameful Government decision that will see thousands of retired Gurkhas forcibly deported.
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.
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.
