Tim Farron

This afternoon, I joined residents and business owners from Tebay to present our petition to Number 10 Downing Street, calling for changes to controversial plans to partially close Junction 38 of the M6 for four years.

On Holocaust Memorial Day, I signed the Holocaust Memorial Book on behalf of Westmorland and Lonsdale.

The Holocaust did not start in the gas chambers but with hate-filled words. It's absolutely critical that we challenge antisemitism, prejudice, and bigotry in all its forms.

Outdoor education can transform lives.

But too many children from less well-off areas are missing out on these opportunities.

Grateful to the Secretary of State for her time and her support for our campaign to give every young person the chance to experience outdoor learning.

"There's a real injustice here."

"You've got an industry that allows profiteering rather than focusing on what matters, which is water supply."

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Keep Junction 38 Open! Sign the petition today!

Please help us put pressure on National Highways today by signing our petition - www.wfelibdems.uk/tebay

A fantastic turnout in Kirkby Stephen on Saturday to protest against plans to partially close Junction 38 of the M6 for four years.

The impact of this disruption on local residents and businesses will be absolutely devastating - unless temporary slip roads are built to keep the junction open.

''Anybody who is a true patriot this morning will be raising an eyebrow at Trump.''

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We must completely overhaul how water companies are run.

We need a new ownership system where the money made through the water industry is reinvested into protecting our lakes, rivers, and seas from pollution.

Labour's plans announced today fail to do that.

How on earth can a plan to transform rail services in the North fail to mention Cumbria and Lancashire?

This week’s announcement shows that this Government actually believes that the North of England stops at the M62.

A quarter of the homes in Westmorland and Lonsdale were built before 1900.

They are expensive to heat and very difficult to insulate.

We need the Government to come forward with a bespoke plan to insulate those properties, to help keep people warm and cut energy bills.

Banks save £2 billion a year from abandoning our high streets and town centres.

Our post offices pick up the slack, but they are not funded by the banks anywhere near enough to be able to maintain their presence.

This must change.

Cumbria has a high number of unpaid carers.

Many of those carers do seasonal and variable work in order to make ends meet.

It's vital that they don't miss out on getting the Carer's Allowance support that they deserve.

My question to the Social Security Minister 👇

Outdoor education can provide life-changing experiences for young people, helping to build resilience and create a love of both learning and the outdoors.

But far too often, children from less well-off areas miss out on these opportunities.

This must change.

We must treat food security more seriously.

@TimFarron.bsky.social's plan would boost funding and give young people the training and incentive they need to choose farming for the future.

Lib Dems call for farming equivalent of Teach First scheme The party warns the country is facing a

Liberal Democrats are calling for a fundamental cultural shift in our attitude towards farming.

Our Farm First scheme would treat food security with the seriousness it deserves, finally giving young people the training and incentive they need to choose farming.

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This week, I led a debate on the huge disruption caused by plans to close J38 of the M6 at Tebay for 18 months southbound, and then for another 18 months northbound.

I'm glad that the Roads Minister said that National Highways will now be conducting a review into proposals for temporary slip roads.

Tonight, the Liberal Democrats will be voting against the Government's appalling family farm tax.

The Conservatives threw farmers under a bus by botching the transition to the new payment schemes.

And now Labour are hammering farmers with a huge tax bill.

Residents in Newbiggin, near Penrith, have had their lives made unbearable due to the poor management of the nearby Flusco landfill site.

I'm continuing to work alongside residents and local Lib Dem councillor Judith Derbyshire to get the authorities to take action.

Penrith South ward (Penrith Town Council)
By election result:

Alex Deacon (Lib Dem) 225 (55.3%)
Reform UK 140 (34.4%)
Green 42 (10.7%)

Lib Dem gain from Labour

(No Labour or Conservative candidates)

Congratulations Alex on a superb triumph!

Well done to @timfarron.bsky.social and team

Lib Dems take a seat from Labour in Penrith with a stonking 55% of the vote and fend off a strong challenge from Reform

Don't want Reform?
Then vote Lib Dem

Today, many farmers came down to Westminster to plead to the Chancellor for her support.

In return, the Government doubled down on their plans to hit them with a family farm tax.

Liberal Democrats will keep fighting for British farmers.

The Tories have got some nerve claiming they back British farmers.

They sold out our farmers in trade deals.

They cut farm incomes by botching the transition to the new payment schemes.

And they created an agricultural policy that actively disincentives the production of food.

Liberal Democrats are proud to fight for British farmers who are essential to Britain's food security and to our environment.

Today, the Chancellor must axe the appalling family farm tax AND stop the cuts to farm incomes after the Conservatives botched the new payments scheme.

Westmorland and Furness is the fifth-worst area in England for empty homes.

Today I asked the Local Government Minister what plans her department has to support the council to bring these properties back into use for local people and families.

Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a

The next time Reform UK come looking for your vote at an election, claiming to love our country - remember that these are the kind of people they appoint as their leaders.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...

Pubs are at the heart of our communities - but many are really struggling due to rising costs.

Today I urged ministers to consider Liberal Democrat calls for a 5% cut in VAT for hospitality businesses.

By investing in tidal power, we could create jobs and our own renewable energy.

It would be great for our economy, and for Britain's energy security.

Britain has the second-highest tidal range on the planet, behind Canada.

And yet we make use of nearly none of it.

If we seriously invest in tidal power, then we can create jobs, generate clean and cheap energy, and slash bills.

My message to the Government 👇

More than one in five hospital beds in Morecambe Bay are occupied by people who are medically fit but don't have the appropriate social care to be discharged.

The Government urgently needs to bring forward their plans to fix social care.

My letter to the Health Secretary 👇

It's disapointing that the Transport Secretary has not made a statement in Parliament about the serious derailment which happened on the West Coast Main Line near Shap.

There are questions that need to be asked, including the overdue need to modernise the line and make it safer.