MP welcomes new chapter for healthcare in the Western Dales
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that Sedbergh's new Medical practice is open for the first time today.
5 Mar 2012
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Andrew Stunell: £10 million for English language support
Communities Minister, Andrew Stunell last week announced that the Department for Communities and Local Government will make available up to £10 million in funding to help English language training for speakers of other languages.
5 Mar 2012
Farron opens new furniture shop in aid of Age UK
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, was in Milnthorpe on Friday afternoon to open a new furniture shop for Age UK South Lakeland.
5 Mar 2012
Andrew Stunell offers £100m boost to breathe life back into empty homes
Neighbourhoods suffering the blight of empty homes could benefit from a £100 million boost to bring these properties back into use and provide stable homes for families in need, Communities Andrew Stunell announced last week.
5 Mar 2012
Those Blue Badge Bays in the Town Hall Car Park - YOUR VIEWS URGENTLY NEEDED
The borough council has a parking consultation under way about proposals to change the use of 12 Blue Badge parking bays in the Town Hall car park. The proposal is to make them "dual use" between 4pm and 7am.
4 Mar 2012
Jeremy Browne: Re-election of Edward McMillan-Scott excellent news
Commenting on the re-election of Edward McMillan-Scott, Liberal Democrat MEP for Yorkshire & Humber, as Vice-President of the European Parliament with the portfolio for Democracy and Human Rights, as well a new responsibility for Transatlantic Relations, British Foreign Office Minister and Liberal Democrat MP for Taunton Deane, Jeremy Browne said:
4 Mar 2012