For years celebrities and campaigners have rallied to demand the Lake District's iconic Windermere is cleaned up from pollution - finally the Government agrees.

Environment Secretary Steve Reed has vowed to "clean up Windermere" by ensuring "only rainwater" and not sewage pollution enters England’s largest lake.

Environment Secretary Steve Reed is vowing to restore Windermere to its "natural beauty" with an ambitious scheme. The government is vowing to clean up Windermere and stop it being "choked" by sewage pollution.

Environment Secretary Steve Reed wants to ensure "only rainwater" enters England's largest lake.

Environment Secretary Steve Reed is to pledge to ensure "only rainwater" enters England's largest lake. On a visit to Windermere in Cumbria he said the government was "committed to cleaning up this iconic lake" as part of its Plan for Change scheme, which aims to upgrade crumbling water infrastructure using private investment.

The government will pledge to “clean up Windermere” and ensure “only rainwater” enters the polluted English beauty spot.

Environment secretary Steve Reed and water minister Emma Hardy will be in Windermere on Monday as part of a Things Can Only Get Cleaner tour.

The government has said it will “clean up Windermere” after criticism over the volume of sewage being pumped into England’s largest lake. The environment secretary, Steve Reed, pledged “only rainwater” would enter the famous body of water in the Lake District, putting an end to the situation where it Windermere was being “choked by unacceptable levels of sewage pollution”.

Environment Secretary Steve Reed will today (Monday 10 March) set out government ambition to end sewage discharged into Windermere. This comes ahead of a thorough feasibility study – established by the ‘Only Rainwater’ local coalition including United Utilities, the Environment Agency, Ofwat, Save Windermere, Love Windermere, the Lake District National Park authority, and Westmorland and Furness Council. The study will determine what would be needed to eliminate sewage discharges into the lake, drawing on successful examples and innovation from around the world to create a roadmap for delivery.