Cat Smith

Lancaster and Wyre MP Cat Smith has praised the work of Garstang’s Fairtrade group during a visit to a coffee morning in the town.

I visited the world's first Fairtrade town here on the Fylde coast

Major update on controversial quarry after developer appeal against planning refusal

Major update on future of controversial quarry after developer appeal

Fylde coast MP 'delighted' as UK ratifies international deal to protect world oceans

MP 'delighted' as UK agrees major treaty to protect world's oceans

Lancaster and Wyre MP Cat Smith on Prime Minister Keir Starmer's resignation

Fylde coast MP on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's resignation

Fylde coast MP says mileage allowance rise could save key workers £1,000 per year

MP says mileage allowance rise could save key workers £1,000 per year

Lancaster and Wyre MP Cat Smith

MP backs new powers to let councils suspend 'out-of-area' taxis

Cat Smith MP visits a fostering agency

£12.4m Government funding set to change traditional face of fostering

Lancaster and Wyre MP Cat Smith

'I'm keen to see tougher measures on gambling advertising too'

Lancaster and Wyre MP Cat Smith

MP raises fresh concerns in debate over conditions on park home sites

Lorraine Beavers MP attending Blackpool and The Fylde College’s announcement as a Defence Excellence Technical College, alongside Minister Luke Pollard

I spoke out against privatisation which is failing working people

Katie Brett and Lorraine Beavers with a photo of Sasha Marsden.

I'm proud we've changed the law for victims and bereaved families

Two local MPs have issued a joint plea to save the Fleetwood–Knott End ferry

MPs issue joint statement as Fleetwood–Knott End ferry faces axe

MP Cat Smith surveys a deep pothole

'We shouldn't have to report potholes to get basic repairs sorted'

Eight-four seats will be up for grabs - likely for the final time - when elections are held for Lancashire County Council in May

County council elections WILL go ahead - even though the authority is being axed

Will Lancashire get a mayor to fly the flag for the county on the national stage? (image: Adobe Stock)

What an elected mayor would mean for Lancashire

Sir Lindsay Hoyle speaks to MPs as he accepts the role of Speaker, who is responsible for the Commons debates at the Palace of Westminster, London

MPs re-elect Sir Lindsay Hoyle as Commons Speaker
Sir Lindsay Hoyle has been re-elected as Commons Speaker, telling MPs he would continue to be “fair, impartial and independent”.
Sean Gleaves

Cat Smith, MP for Lancaster.

MP tweets train company over cancelled service and 'mouldy' cake

Protesters gathered in Preesall last year to make their point about the proposed quarry.

Quarry applicants asked to provide details on impact to health

Fleetwood MP Cat Smith cuts the ribbon as Counselling in the Community opens new amenity in Fleetwood. Pictured left is founder/CEO Stuart Hutton-Brown, with trustee Chris Webb on the right

New Fleetwood hub for Blackpool charity Counselling in the Community

Anti-frackers are delighted at comments made by new PM Rishi Sunak

"No wonder people are confused": Campaigners welcome U-turn on fracking

MP Cat Smith with Chris Allen and local campaigner Leanne Murray in Preesall

Businessman's generous offer to help create a footpath for busy Preesall road

Lancashire MP Cat Smith's face says it all as she reacts to Jacob Rees-Mogg's claim "some opposition" to fracking is supported by Vladimir Putin. The energy secretary was speaking in Parliament on the day it was announced the ban of fracking in the UK was being lifted by the Government.

Was anti-fracking campaign really funded by Putin?

Fleetwood MP says firefighters have raised fears with her about how changes could affect the service

Fleetwood MP supports firefighter union over response time fears

Boris Johnson

MP one of only a few not to take part in Boris vote of confidence

Fleetwood RNLI coxswain Daryl Randles with Fleetwood Town Council chairman, Coun Cheryl Raynor (centre) and Fleetwood MP Cat Smith, during Fleetwood Lifeboat Day

RNLI volunteers called out to rescue during Fleetwood Lifeboat Day

Cat Smith the Get Fleetwood Back on Track petition outside 10 Downing Street

Fleetwood MP Cat Smith welcomes good news on town's rail link

Fleetwood MP Cat Smith (centre) campaigned to have the mobile breast screening unit moved to Fleetwood - but 60 per cent of women in the town have not made appointments, with time running out before it is moved

MP Cat Smith's concerns over Fleetwood women missing breast cancer screenings
Concerns have been raised that 60 per cent of women invited for potentially life-saving breast screening in Fleetwood have so far failed to make an appointment – just weeks before the mobile unit is due to be moved.
Richard Hunt

Despite defeat to Derby County last weekend, Blackpool could still finish their first season back at Championship level as high as 11th

BST column: Progress on and off the pitch

Lancaster and Fleetwood MP Cat Smith at NanoSUN's new HQ in Lancaster with Dean O’Connor, NanoSUN CEO

Lancashire hydrogen fuel pioneers opens new head office

Female staff working for Avanti West Coast are unhappy about their new uniforms as they say that the blouses are too see-through and leave them feeling vulnerable to harassment particularly at night

Female rail staff raise fears over new ‘see-though’ uniforms

Anti-fracking protesters outside the Winter Gardens last month where the Conservative Party Spring Conference was being held.

Anger over U-turn on filling in fracking wells

Noel Kennedy had paid into a funeral plan over three years when , with two payments to go, the firm went bust.

I paid £3,000 for funeral arrangements but may get nothing, says Fylde coast man

The fracking site at Preston New Road before work began to close it down

Gas exploration firm Cuadrilla returns to seal off Lancashire fracking wells

Fleetwood MP Cat Smith with councillors Lorraine Beavers and Cheryl Raynor

Campaigners hail success after breast screening set to return to Fleetwood

MPs Paul Maynard, Scott Benton and Cat Smith

Fylde coast MPs respond to energy bill crisis as prices skyrocket by 54 per cent

Cat Smith met the Health Minister

MP Cat Smith meets Health Minister over breast screening not coming to Fleetwood

Calls have been made for the mobile breast screening service to return to Fleetwood.

Demand for return of breast screening in Fleetwood and Poulton

Cat Smith MP.

MP Cat Smith tells people to 'get vaccinated' as she recovers from Covid

Cat Smith MP has stepped down from the Shadow Cabinet.

Lancashire MP quits front bench role

Pendle pupils campaigning for the return of a lollipop crossing a patrol to the busy A6 at Forton, near Garstang are pictured with headteacher Lorna Boase and form teacher Patrick Haley

Forton pupils ask council to think again about crossing patrol

Residents on Custom House Lane are struggling to find car parking spaces outside their homes on Fleetwood Market days. Pictured L-R are residents Jason Dell and Michael Bowyer with Fleetwood Market manager Julian Brent and coun Colette Fairbanks.

We can't park outside our homes, say Fleetwood residents in parking permit petit...

Lancaster and Fleetwood MP Cat Smith

MP makes case for new subject on school time-tables - political literacy

Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared to mix Poulton up with Bolton

Poulton or Bolton - Boris confuses the two in debate with Fleetwood MP Cat Smit...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Here's what Fylde coast MPs Scott Benton and Cat Smith said about 2021 Budget in...

The Gazette kept readers up to date throughout the pandemic, including the darkest days when many of us were confined to our homes for most of the day, leaving Blackpool virtually empty

Why Journalism Matters - and how your Blackpool Gazette continues to stand up fo...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget offers a year's relief for hospitality and tourism businesses

Fylde coast MPs reaction to the post-pandemic Autumn Budget

Lancaster and Fleetwood MP Cat Smith

Fleetwood MP Cat Smith joins calls to ban supertrawlers from Channel's protected...

The Fylde Coast Amnesty Group, including chairman Norah Lynam (top left)

Fylde Coast Amnesty Group in call to MPs to challenge 'raid on rights'

Michael Belk of Fleetwood with his London Marathon medal

Fleetwood's MP Cat Smith, GP Mark Spencer and dad of three Michael Belk among L...

A majority of Fylde coast MPs supported the Government’s NHS and social care tax rise during a House of Commons vote yesterday (Wednesday, September 8)

Every Fylde coast MP voted to make you pay more tax to fund social care - except...

Lt Cdr Derek Scrivener with his British Citizen Award medal. Photo: Robert Stead

Fleetwood's former Sea Cadets CO Derek Scrivener proudly receives his British Ci...

Cat Smith is in training for the 2021 London Marathon

Fleetwood MP Cat Smith set for London Marathon challenge

Fleetwood MP Cat Smith.

Fleetwood MP Cat Smith praises plans for town's new urban park

A £22m Future High Street Fund bid for Fleetwood proved unsuccessful

Wyre councillor defends unsuccessful regeneration bid for Fleetwood and blasts '...

Fleetwood MP Cat Smith

Fleetwood MP hits out after £22m bid to regenerate town rejected by Government

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