Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says the UK government intends to reorientate its entire aid programme to put the lives of women in developing countries at its heart. He will address the United Nations next Monday.
Local MP Tim Farron has written to Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne MP, calling on him to take steps to support the growth of small local green businesses.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is supporting a change to the way beer is taxed that has the potential to create around a hundred new jobs in the South Lakes.
After 14 days and 55 mobile walk-up surgeries in 55 villages, the village tour came to a close at 8pm yesterday with the final session in Willington. Over the two weeks over 300 people came up to speak to me directly, and I want to say thanks to everyone who did so and for the warm welcome I received from people in villages across the Borough. Getting out and about to see all that the Borough has to offer and to meet people in their own communities is one of the best parts of this job, and it really was an excellent two weeks. I have picked up several hundreds queries and requests for information and action. I will respond to each of these directly, although please bear with me as it may take a little while to get through them all!
Bob Russell that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should be required to come to the House of Commons this afternoon to explain last Thursday's announcement of a further £4 billion cut in public spending.
Elwyn Watkins, the Liberal Democrat candidate who stood against former immigration minister Phil Woolas in last May's general election is mounting a legal challenge to the re-election of Mr Woolas as an MP.
