With local Conservatives urging residents to block the consultation on the future of Upper High Street, local Liberal Democrats are now fighting for the consultation to stay alive. Plans for Upper High Street, Depot Road and Church Street are in the second stage of consultation which ends on 13th July.
South Lakes MP and Lib Dem Party President Tim Farron has welcomed today's announcement by Children and Families Minister Sarah Teather, that 3600 two-year-old children in Cumbria will be able to access free early years education.
Liberal Democrat Transport Minister Norman Baker has announced a £266m investment in local green transport schemes, bringing the total invested to more than £1bn.
Liberal Democrat Transport Minister Norman Baker has announced a £266m investment in local green transport schemes, bringing the total invested to more than £1bn.
In an interview with the 'Evening Standard' ahead of Saturday's World LGBT Pride in London, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg argues religious organisations should be free to conduct same-sex weddings if they wish.
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, has used questions to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the House of Commons this morning to call on the Government to take immediate action to help dairy farmers, many of whom have been hit with a second unfair price cut in as many months.