THERE has been much press in recent years about fibre broadband and money spent to make sure rural communities are not disadvantaged.

So, here is a question to Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron: Is there anything you can please do for the disadvantaged in the Cartmel valley? Yes, Cartmel has wonderful broadband we hear, but a mile outside and beyond towards Newby Bridge, none of the outlying communities, many of whom have households running businesses from home, children trying to do homework research, people like myself trying to work from home - do not have high speed broadband.

In fact, some days we have virtually no broadband.

Yes, work is ongoing to try to resolve this but the years keep passing by.

Louise Shrapnel

Field Broughton