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The Lancashire council leaders who do not want a local authority shake-up - [clockwise from top left] Karen Buckley (Conservative, Fylde); Phillippa Williamson (Conservative, Lancashire County Council); Asjad Mahmood (Independent, Pendle); Afrasiab Anwar (Independent, Burnley); Stephen Atkinson (Conservative, Ribble Valley); Caroline Jackson (Green Party, Lancaster); and Michael Vincent (Conservative, Wyre)

'Don't do it': Lancashire leaders bid to block council abolition plan

What the latest council shake-up plan would mean for Fylde coast

Agreement between the NHS and Lancashire County Council over care costs is proving elusive

Why there is a 'daily fight' over care costs between the county council and NHS

Merging Fylde with Blackpool would be 'disastrous', MP claims

The first gathering of Lancashire's shadow combined county authority. [Back row, left to right] - Alistair Bradley, Chorley Council leader; Mo Isap, chair of Lancashire Business Board; Stephen Atkinson, Ribble Valley Council leader; [front row, left to right] Cllr Lynn Williams, Blackpool Council leader, Phillippa Williamson, Lancashire County Council leader, Alan Vincent, deputy Lancashire County Council leader; Phil Riley, Blackburn with Darwen Council leader

Key moment reached for Lancashire devolution deal - here's what it means

Should Lancashire County Council's managers have to tell elected members exactly what they discuss in their meetings?

'I'll resign if private management meetings are made public', council boss says

Blackpool

‘Don't lump us in with Blackpool', Fylde coast neighbour says

The Lancashire council map could soon be radically redrawn

‘Let the people decide’: call for referendum over council cull

MPs bid to abolish every council in Lancashire and bring in an elected mayor

Lancashire handed more than £30m to boost bus services

The Samlesbury Enterprise, where a new £6m innovation hub is ti be created (image: Google)

Here's how Lancashire will spend its £20m cash injection from devolution deal

[Clockwise from top left] County Cllrs Samara Barnes, John Potter, Gina Dowding and Ash Sutcliffe make the case for joining them at County Hall

'The best thing you'll ever do': councillors want you to become one of them

Lancashire will need innovative new ways of charging the burgeoning number of electric vehicles expected on its roads by the 2030 - like the 'cable tray' system

Warning of 'charging wars' as Lancs prepares for increase in electric vehicles

Lancashire County Council members get £2,000 a year to hand out to local community groups

More than £120K of Lancashire community funding so far unaccounted for

More than 400 new recruits have been taken on by the NHS in Lancashire - but many of them were already providing services to the healthcare system in their previous roles

Lancashire NHS says taking on 400 new staff has 'saved money'

Lancashire 's RE curriculum is being reviewed

Rethink of how religion is taught in Lancashire's schools under way

The budget has drawn a mixed response from Lancashire business groups

'Job cuts and price hike' warning for Lancashire firms after budget

Lancashire businesses may have to make staff cuts and put up prices as a result of some of the measures announced in the budget, a group representing many of them has warned.

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Lancashire county councillors have been counting up the costs and benefits of the budget

Budget: pothole boost welcomed, but business rates warning as councilors react

Children starting secondary school next year need to secure a place well in advance (image: Pexels)

School place application deadline looms amid 'reduced chance' warning

Some Lancashire bus users say their lives are dictated by the lack of services

I have to wait in a library all day for my kids to finish school thanks to buses

Should the availability of fast food be limited in certain parts of Lancashire?

Lancs 'takeaway ban’ urged where people are poor and kids overweight

Lancashire County Council is developing new facilities for the children in its care

Locations revealed for new children's homes providing 'better outcomes for kids'

Which way now for the NHS?

Lancashire residents urged to share serious thoughts on future of the NHS

One of Lancashire's two banking hubs, to date, on Skipton Road in Barnoldswick

'The bank is finished': call for alternative to high-street branches in Lancs

Checks are being carried out across Lancashire to ensure the dignity of the dead is being preserved

Here's what was discovered when inspectors visited Lancashire’s funeral homes

Finding a takeaway is no problem in most parts of Lancashirte - but how many of them are in some areas just might be (images: Pexels)

These are the places in Lancashire that have the most takeaways

From bed bases to shopping baskets - all kinds has been dumped alongside the busy Preston New Road

Fly-tippers strike at abandoned Fylde fracking site

Major safety upgrades planned for the A6 through Lancashire

Highways bosses are drawing up plans to improve the safety of a busy route between Preston and Lancaster.

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Local authorities have a duty to divert people away from terrorism and so head off incidents like the London Bridge attack in 2019

Secret Lancashire anti-terror plan gets the green light

Is Lancashire's patchwork of potholes going to become less prevalent?

'Long-lasting' pothole repairs promised for Lancs after success of new technique

Multi-operator, multi-modal transport is coming to the Fylde coast

Single ticket will allow Fylde coast passengers to jump between buses and trams

Familes have been complaining in record numbers about special needs services for Lancashire children

'Record high' complaints about children's special needs services in Lancs

District councils like Fylde will have to ensure residents feel the benefits of Lancashire devolution, the authority's leader, Karen Buckley, says

Fylde leader hails 'skills-boosting' Lancashire devolution deal

Lancashire's devolution deal has been a long time coming - but now it's done, what will it actually mean for residents?

What is Lancashire devolution and what does it mean for council tax bills?

[Clockwise from left]: Chorley Council leader Alistair Bradley, Burnley Council leader Afrasiab Anwar and the leader of Preston City Council, Matthew Brown

From optimism to betrayal: Lancashire leaders respond to devolution deal

'It's a deal': Lancashire gets devolution done, but without a mayor - for now...

Winter fuel payments will be cut this year

How Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde MPs voted over winter fuel payment cut

Will the changes to winter fuel allowance affect how residents decide to heat their homes in the coming months?

Winter fuel allowance cut: here's how many Fylde coast pensioners will lose out

There is a huge cavity between the number of people seeing an NHS dentist in different parts of Lancashire

Here's how many people have seen an NHS dentist on the Fylde coast lately

Cllr Stephen Atkinson says Ribble Valley residents must have the final say over the future of the council that serves them

Residents will get referendum over whether council is abolished

Damion Russell has waited more than a year to be laid to rest (image via Lancashire Police)

'He was just there waiting': murdered toddler's long-delayed funeral arranged

The threat of homelessness hangs over some Lancashire households

The places in Lancashire where you are most likely to risk becoming homeless

Kirkham town centre pictured from the air, prior to its recent revamp

Free town centre car park closed after rule change

Part of the proposed solar farm plot, off the A584 Preston New Road, close to Clifton Business Park (image: Google)

Solar farm ‘the size of nearly 100 football pitches' planned for Fylde

There will be many more new housing estates springing up across the Fylde coast under government plans

Huge housing increase planned for Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde amid greenbelt fears

Lancashire in devolution deadlock - again - as local leaders clash over deal

GPs in Lancashire are joining colleagues across the country by changing the way they work in protest at funding levels

Lancs GPs begin work-to-rule as figures show how many patients they deal with

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