South Lakes MP Tim Farron has urged local businesses who have not taken on an apprentice in the last year, to look again at a scheme which could see them be eligible to receive a £1,500 grant to take on an apprentice.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today released his list of advice surgeries for January 2015.
A crucial lifeline has been thrown to post offices in East Kent thanks to a major Government contract. The deal, unveiled by Liberal Democrat pensions minister Steve Webb, offers support to disabled people and the elderly while also helping to protect the future of the post office network.
Prime Minister David Cameron has implied that people are fed up with onshore wind farms being built, despite the Government's own...
Prime Minister David Cameron has implied that people are fed up with onshore wind farms being built, despite the Government's own...
This week the House of Commons Select Committee on Communities and Local Government published its report on the National Planning Policy Framework. They agreed that the way Eric Pickles has phrased the framework could have negative consequences and in particular "If councils have clearly identified substantial amounts of housing in their plans, it is unfair that their communities should be left exposed to speculative development just because these sites will take longer than five years to deliver".