The Coalition Government's health plans are about freedom and accountability - and about closing the gap between rich and poor. "The NHS is a vital cornerstone of British society, but it desperately needs to be brought into the 21st century," says Liberal Democrat Health Minister, Paul Burstow MP.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today written to the newly appointed governors of the University of Cumbria asking them to support his campaign to rejuvenate Ambleside campus.
MP Tim Farron has today called on local residents to join him in his campaign to improve broadband in the South Lakes.
On the eve of World AIDS Day, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP, Tim Farron, boarded the Stop AIDS Campaign bus outside Parliament yesterday to show his support for the effort to bring an end to children being born with HIV by 2015.
104 Prospective Parliamentary Candidates have signed a petition to urge Liberal Democrat MPs to vote against the rise in student fees. The Liberal Democrat PPC for Devizes, Fiona Hornby, explains why she has signed the petition:
Colchester MP Bob Russell has urged the Coalition Government to "think again" at proposals to axe School Sports Funding as part of the wide ranging cuts in public spending to deal with the massive deficit left by the former Labour Government. Speaking in the House of Commons, Liberal Democrat Mr Russell twice referred to the success of the School Sport Partnership operated by the Colchester Academy (formerly Sir Charles Lucas College) which supports sports activities at primary schools in the north of the town.