Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron is today calling on farmers to make the most of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affair's second round of the Farming & Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS) and apply for funding to help support their businesses.
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron today welcomed Government recommendations that the Care Quality Commission's regulatory model be changed following its failure to spot serious problems at the maternity unit at Furness General Hospital following the death of 9 day old baby Joshua Titcombe in November 2008.
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South Lakes MP Tim Farron presented the award to the IT department at Queen Katherine School, Kendal on Friday.
I have long campaigned with colleagues for the delivery of an East West Rail line between Bedford and Oxford to the West and Bedford to Cambridge (and beyond) to the East. Re-opening these links to major centres such as Oxford and Cambridge and to main lines to the east and west would provide a tremendous boost for our local economy, helping to attract investment and support jobs and growth. I was therefore delighted last autumn when the Government announced its commitment to deliver the Western section of the East-West Railway, between Bedford and Oxford and Bedford and Aylesbury.
'Adoption Scorecards' published by the government show that Wiltshire takes longer to settle children with adopted parents than other councils.