Tim Farron

Andy Burnham must publish a plan to fix Britain’s broken water sector by the end of the year. Or the Prime Minister must come to the dispatch box in Parliament and explain why Labour has achieved so little to tackle the crisis. lbc.co.uk/article/andy-burnh…

In 1940 my Uncle Maurice was shot down and killed over Beachy Head aged 19. Here he is aged 12 with his sister Dorothy, my Grandma. As I join our community today in remembrance services in Kendal and Windermere, I will be thinking of him and all those who died to keep us free.

An honour to speak at Holy Trinity in Bolton le Sands this morning, and to meet some very discerning readers… followed by a wonderful 7.5 mile run to the Fairy Steps and then on to Sedbergh for a bit of doorknocking and to speak at the local church youth service.

The Labour Government is slashing its funding for Westmorland and Furness Council by 31%. That's a cut of around £400 for every household in our area. I'm urging ministers to stop these appalling cuts to our communities.

Thanks to everyone involved in Kendal’s Sunday Fun Day at the leisure centre - so many great conversations including with the teams running our family hubs and the Work Well initiative.

A busy day out chatting to travellers and rail campaigners on the Lakes Line with Libby Bateman and Will Clark, then door knocking in Oxenholme with Doug Rathbone before a bracing run around the dark and misty lanes of south Westmorland.

People living in rural communities who rely on heating oil have seen their energy bills soar in the past year. Today's Budget failed to introduce a price cap on heating oil to support these households with the cost of living. I'll keep fighting for them.

Delighted to hear the Chancellor just announce that self-employed dads will get two weeks of paid paternity leave. #Budget2026

Hmmm. So 20% of our water leaks before it even gets to our homes due to negligent underinvestment from profiteering water company owners (the kind of people probably on Rupert’s Christmas card list)…but let’s blame immigrants. This is arch wazzockry of the highest order…

The Tories and Labour have created a farm payment scheme which actively disincentivises the production of food. This is utter madness. We are failing our farmers and we are failing our people as we sleepwalk into no longer being able to guarantee that we can feed our country.

Today, I challenged Labour ministers to go much further to stop water companies from dumping sewage in Britain's waterways. So it was utterly bizarre to see Tory MPs yet again annoyed at Lib Dems raising this issue. We won't stop fighting to protect our rivers, lakes and seas.

Farmers have been left high and dry by the SFI shambles - a policy appallingly designed by the Conservatives and woefully implemented by Labour. Today, @LibDems led a debate in Parliament calling for proper support for farmers to protect our environment AND produce food.

This is really exciting news and is the result of campaigning over many years. This is an ambitious solution that could solve this problem. It’s now important to help get the details right and I will be working hard with others to make sure that we do.

Cancer patients in South Cumbria face gruelling 3-4-hour round trips every day for weeks on end to receive life-saving radiotherapy in Preston. This awful, unequal access to treatment costs lives. We need a satellite radiotherapy unit at Westmorland General Hospital.

On Friday evening it was a privilege to host @Timothycho08 - and hear hugely moving testimony of his escape from persecution and coming to faith in Christ.

Along with 21 fellow volunteers, I completed our 13 mile overnight walk from Kendal to Crooklands (and back) along the canal. We’re raising money for housing need charity, Manna House. We’d love it if you would donate to their life-transforming work: justgiving.com/page/timfarro…

On Friday, I'll be leading a 13-mile overnight sponsored walk to raise money for Manna House - an incredible homeless prevention charity in Kendal who, in these tough financial times, really need our help. You can support them by sponsoring me here: justgiving.com/page/timfarro…

New fathers in full-time employment can take up to two weeks off work, but they cannot receive statutory paternity leave and pay if they are self-employed. With one in four people in Westmorland working for themselves, I challenged the Government to support self-employed dads.