With snap election candidacy expiring at the end of May, the selections for 2020 are drawing ever closer. Returning Officers [RO's] are the little known but crucial role to enable this. They're the link that makes open selections possible and the more we have now the faster we'll be able to get a full slate of candidates in place for 2020.
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has welcomed the government's decision today to U-turn on last week's budget and scrap plans to hit self-employed workers with a tax-hike.
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has met in parliament with women campaigning against state pension inequality for women. Tim bas backed their calls for fair transitional arrangements, as well as for new rules to ensure that women are informed of all changes in the future.
Two in five broadband connections in Westmorland and Lonsdale receive speeds under 10 Mbps, official data released this week shows. Local MP Tim Farron has said the government must do more to improve broadband access in rural areas, to boost the economy and support jobs.
Despite all the bluster from the Tories, they face a reality check on trade, the single market and the rule of law So what's bothering them? Why the sour faces? Surely this is the moment of their greatest triumph? Surging ahead of Labour in the polls. The snarling Right-wing press firmly on side. Only a tiny number of recalcitrant Conservative MPs. And the Article 50 letter, triggering the final steps towards the Promised Land of Brexit, tantalisingly close.
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