Cat Smith

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

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

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
A Lancashire hydrogen fuel pioneer has had a VIP visit to open its new offices.
Tim Gavell

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
Pupils at a Lancashire Primary school took a lesson on political democracy to heart - and created their own road safety campaign.
Fiona Finch

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

A large crowd gathered to show their support and protest the closure of YMCA Fleetwood Swimming Pool and gym, Marine Splash, Fleetwood. Members of the community brought handmade signs and took turns to voice their concerns and anger if the pool closed for good.

We won't give up on Fleetwood pool campaign, say protesters

A campaign has been launched to try and reopen Fleetwood's swimming pool

New campaign to reopen Fleetwood's swimming pool as anger grows over funding snu...

Swale, in Kent, currently has the highest coronavirus infection rate in England - more than five times as high as in one area of Lancashire

How does our infection rate compare with worst hit places in England?

Fleetwood YMCA leisure centre

Concern over Fleetwood ‘missing out’ on proposed leisure funding

Thornton and Garstang YMCA leisure centres look set to receive funding from Wyre Council

Wyre's plan for extra funds for Thornton and Garstang YMCA centres

Fleetwood MP Cat Smith

Fleetwood MP Cat Smith raises closure of town's pool in the Commons

Labour MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood, Cat Smith, taking part in a party conference call in September 2020 (Picture: Cat Smith MP/Twitter)

MP backs inquiry into handling of the pandemic after hospitals record spike in r...

The former Store Twenty One premises on Lord Street, Fleetwood

Calls for Fleetwood's eyesore store to be smartened up

Concerns have been raised about the continued closure of Fleetwood's YMCA swimming baths

Concerns raised over ongoing closure of Fleetwood pool

Lancashire and Merseyside are expected to be the latest parts of the country to see tougher restrictions put in place to control the spread of coronavirus

New Lancashire-wide lockdown restrictions expected to be confirmed imminently - ...

Halite is working on the project from a site in Preesall but the gas would be stored in salt seams close to Fleetwood

Halite loses licence to extract water from Fleetwood docks for gas storage proj...

Cancer nurse David Collett says the latest public sector pay rises have snubbed nurses

Government rewards public sector workers but Fylde coast nurses say they've been...

Cat Smith, MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood, with Preesall health campaigner Janet Williams

Pilling campaigner and MP Cat Smith welcome report on NHS scandal after fears '...

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