Coalition talks - latest
Yesterday Nick announced that the party had opened formal talks with the Labour party.
11 May 2010
National News
Nick Clegg's message about cross-party negotiations
Over the past four days we have been working flat out to deliver an agreement that can provide stable government for Britain that can last. As you know we believed it was right that the Conservative Party, as the party with the most seats and votes, should have the first right to seek to form a government and we entered into discussions with them accordingly.
11 May 2010
Farron urges farmers to continue vaccinating against risk of bluetongue
Liberal Democrat Farming Spokesperson Tim Farron MP has urged South Lakeland farmers to continue vaccinating their sheep and cattle against bluetongue after the NFU warned that the actions of some livestock farmers could place the country at risk from further outbreaks of the disease.
11 May 2010
Farron calls for fewer tests for children following SATS boycott by South Lakeland schools
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has called for SATS to be scaled back in favour of more teacher assessment following the news that hundreds of children in South Lakeland will miss their National Tests after nine head teachers in Lake District primary schools declared their intention to boycott the exams.
11 May 2010
Farron visits Morrisons in Kendal to see Buy British campaign in action
Local MP Tim Farron last week visited Kendal's Morrisons store to see the chain's commitment to British produce in action.
11 May 2010
Rosie says thank you.
Thursday night was a disappointment for the Liberal Democrats both nationally and locally; however this was probably felt by all the main parties, there being no overall winner in Westminster. A graphic demonstration of how dysfunctional our electoral system is with us gaining votes but losing seats, 23% of the vote getting us a mere 9% of the seats.
10 May 2010