Jo and Ed leadership questions
Questions for the Leadership Candidates We put in a request to the Liberal Democrat leadership candidates to answer our questions and these are their responses.
1 Jul 2019
National News
MP hails community campaign success as new trains come to the Furness and Lakes lines
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the arrival of brand-new trains on the Furness and Lakes lines this morning.
1 Jul 2019
MP welcomes Cumbrian climate emergency campaigners to Parliament
This week local MP Tim Farron welcomed campaigners from across Cumbria to Parliament as part of a mass lobby urging MPs to address the climate crisis.
1 Jul 2019
MP and hospitality leaders lobby minister to abandon ‘damaging’ immigration plans
This week, South Lakes MP Tim Farron led a group of hospitality leaders to meet with immigration minister Caroline Nokes to ask her to scrap plans which would make it much harder to recruit staff.
1 Jul 2019
Prof Celia Brackenridge OBE - a Memorial Lunch to Raise Funds for Rennie Grove Hospice Care
On 23rd June, Diana Woodward held a fundraising lunch at her home in Tinkers Lane in memory of her partner and our friend and neighbour, Prof Celia Brackenridge OBE, who died on 23rd May 2018.
1 Jul 2019
Prof Celia Brackenridge OBE - a Memorial Lunch to Raise Funds for Rennie Grove Hospice Care
On 23rd June, Diana Woodward held a fundraising lunch at her home in Tinkers Lane in memory of her partner and our friend and neighbour, Prof Celia Brackenridge OBE, who died on 23rd May 2018.
1 Jul 2019