MP urges HSBC to reprieve Ambleside and Sedbergh branches
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today slammed HSBC's decision to close their Sedbergh and Ambleside branches.
1 Nov 2011
National News
Farron welcomes grant opportunities for local green projects
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the Green Insurance Company's 'Green Grants' initiative which offers £40,000 worth of funding to worthy organisations in the UK.
1 Nov 2011
MP wins long battle to scrap second home council tax subsidy
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, has won a lengthy battle today as the government announced that local councils will no longer be forced to provide up to a 50% subsidy on Council Tax for second home owners.
1 Nov 2011
Chinese Lib Dems arrange tour of Parliament for Community Group
According to a Chinese proverb, 'the heaven is high and the emperor is far away'. The world of the governing authority is often perceived as out of reach and irrelevant to the lives of ordinary people.
31 Oct 2011
A Parish for Your Area: Have Your Say on Having Your Say
Bedford Borough Council is currently undertaking a review which I hope will ultimately put right an unequal, unfair situation in the Borough. For historical reasons local residents in some areas have had a say over local concerns through their parish council. In the Borough they have existed for the rural areas and for Kempston, but not for the other urban areas. Brickhill residents put this right in their area 7 years ago, and since then they have also had their own parish Council. I believe Parish Councils play an extremely valuable role in representing local residents and getting things done for their communities. A 'Community Governance Review' is now underway to find out what people in the 'unparished' parts of the Borough think about having a parish council for their area.
31 Oct 2011
Bid to make worship optional in schools rejected by Peers
Three amendments were moved by Liberal Democrat Lord Avebury during the Report Stage of the Education Bill last week.
31 Oct 2011
