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Tim Farron was at the centre of a fresh row over his views on homosexuality after refusing to say whether he thought it was a sin.

The Liberal Democrat leader, a practising Christian, said “my personal faith is my personal faith” and claimed he had addressed the matter weeks ago.

During the LBC radio phone-in, he was accused by a caller of thinking "homosexuality is a sin" in a fiery exchange days ahead of the General Election.

Mr Farron has been dogged by questions on the subject after saying in a Channel 4 interview two years ago: "We are all sinners."

A month ago he confirmed he did not believe homosexuality was sinful following intense pressure for him to clarify his position.

But today on the LBC Leaders Live show he again refused several times to state his opinion unambiguously.

Asked directly if he though homosexuality was a sin, he said: “My view is very very much, I'm a political leader and I am a liberal to my fingertips…”

Host Nick Ferrari then interrupted to force the question. Mr Farron hit back: “I dealt with that weeks ago,” before adding: “Do you know what, we're not going there, my personal faith is my personal faith.”

Defending his position, he went on: “A person who is a leader of a political party it’s their job, as someone who is passionate about LGBT+ rights, prove it by your actions not by your words. And my actions are absolutely, 100% about defending LGBT+ rights.”

Listeners used social media to criticise Mr Farron's equivocation.

Later in the show, part of a LBC series of phone-ins with party leaders ahead of the election, Mr Farron was asked about his views on abortion.

Again avoiding a direct answer, he said: “Political leaders ought to be very clear where they stand. I am utterly in favour of choice under the law.

“We should give women the choice to have a safe and legal abortion. It’s not for politicians to go around telling people what’s right or wrong.”

He added: “I’m not going to sit here and dictate to people on something that’s so personal what’s right and wrong.”