Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron, is today attending a lobby of Parliament by the National Union of Journalists to meet with representatives and listen to their objections over proposals by the BBC to make drastic cuts to local radio services, and in particular to Radio Cumbria.
Paul Carter, Conservative Leader of Kent County Council, has refuted suggestions in the press that KCC would like to see all Kent schools convert to academies. He made a statement in July 2011 saying that Kent did not want to see all schools change to academies.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is asking local farmers to get in touch if they have not received their single farm payment from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), so that he can step in and help.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the news that roads minister Mike Penning has agreed to come to Cumbria and hold talks about safety on the A590.
Highways bosses have agreed a signage review at a dangerous motorway junction. Junction 28 on the M25 (at Brentwood) has long been identified as having lane problems. Brentwood Lib Dem campaigner Karen Chilvers has been campaigning throughout this year (February report).
// Half a million jobs will be created thanks to the additional £1 billion the Government is to spend supporting private sector growth, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says.
