Blackpool South MP Chris Webb says he is fighting to support residents affected by the axing of the Winter Fuel Allowance by the Labour government.
The charities watchdog is considering fresh evidence in a complaint about a soup kitchen linked to Reform UK candidate Mark Butcher and his use of its premises for his campaign.
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![[From left to right] County Cllr Gina Dowding (Green Party), County Cllr Scott Smith (Conservative), County Cllr John Potter (Liberal Democrats), County Cllr Matthew Tomlinson (Labour) and Cllr Stephen Atkinson (Reform UK) at a local elections debate ahead of the poll on 1st May](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2025/04/21/1/01/wlep-16-04-2025-lcc-hustings-1-nw.jpeg?trim=0,1309,0,1308&crop=&quality=70&width=129)
![Making the case for their parties were [from left to right]: County Cllr Gina Dowding, Green Party group leader, LCC; County Cllr Scott Smith Conservative, lead member for highways and active travel, LCC; John Potter, Liberal Democrats, LCC; County Cllr Matthew Tomlinson, Labour opposition group leader, LCC; Cllr Stephen Atkinson, Reform UK, leader of Ribble Valley Borough Council](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2025/04/17/11/10/LCC-hustings-debate-2025.png?crop=4:3,smart&trim=&quality=70&width=640)
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