Labour Party

Many people have been forced to visit A&E due to sore teeth

NHS dentist shortage sees patients going to A&E with toothache

Greta Thunberg was among those speaking at the protest in central London. Credit: XR/Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images.

'Oily Money Out': Greta Thunberg joins protesters in central London

Honours for ex-councillors - but former leader not among them

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Credit: Getty

Labour Party vows to turn NHS "on its head" with fundamental reform

Dale Vince joins Just Stop Oil activists during a protest by the environmental campaigners in central London. Picture Date: Thursday June 8, 2023. Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Just Stop Oil donor pulls funding over ‘pointless’ further protests

The Strand, Blackpool in 1970

21 retro scenes which highlight our town in 1970

Angela Rayner and Chris Webb at Abingdon Street Market, where they had breakfast before meeting residents at Chris’ campaign office

Angela Rayner was in the resort at the weekend - and visited these places

Coun Jim Hobson

Councillor's suspension is lifted by Labour party

Labour shadow minister Bambos Charalambous suspended

The count is still continuing for the local elections in Wyre

Wyre election results - Conservatives retain control despite some setbacks

Labour MP Diane Abbott attends a Stand Up to Racism rally outside Downing Street. Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty

Diane Abbott has Labour whip withdrawn after “deeply offensive” letter

Sue Gray is Sir Keir Starmer’s new chief of staff for Labour Party

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced she will step down as leader of her country in February.

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern announces shock resignation

Rishi Sunak will face PMQs once again on Wednesday. Credit: Getty Images

PMQs: How to watch Rishi Sunak face-off against Keir Starmer

Gordon Marsden with Dr Liz Marr, Open University Vice-Chancellor

University honour for former Blackpool MP

Labour Party to abolish the House of Lords if elected to UK government
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is expected to confirm plans to abolish the House of Lords in the next manifesto.

NationalWorld is calling for a general election now - here’s how to sign the petition

NationalWorld launches petition calling for immediate general election

One of the four posters created by The Labour Party (Photo: The Labour Party)

Labour Party launch fresh attack on Conservatives in poster campaign

'Some people have been quick to say that politicians are all the same, but Keir Starmer is proving them wrong. He is a man of integrity and honesty.' Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Labour lead: latest polling would equate to 346 seat majority

Pensioner Terence Walsh wants to start his own political party

Political parties have had their chips - I'm setting up my own, says Bispham man

Coun David Owen at Blackpool Town Hall

Blackpool councillor 'devastated' after suspension over allegations of anti-Semi...

Former Blackpool South MP Gordon Marsden

Former Blackpool MP clarifies future election intentions

Martin Lewis shares tip on how to find the cheapest petrol and diesel prices nea...

Coun Simon Blackburn

Former Blackpool Council leader representing residents from new home in Devon

Electric vehicles charging point

New homes in England required to have EV charging points from next year

Boris Johnson's government has drafted a Labour motion to ban second jobs as paid lobbyists. (Credit: Getty)

MPs back government’s ‘watered down’ plans on second jobs

NHS

Letters - Wednesday, November 17, 2021
NHS staff should not be at risk over jabs

Rachel Stirling and Anna Maxwell Martin starred in ITV’s Hollington Drive. Picture: ITV/WEST ROAD PICTURES

Review: ITV's Hollington Drive started off slowly, but by the end got more tense...

Garstang memorial

Letters - Monday, August 23, 2021

Michelle in Avenham Park, Preston

"If it wasn't for Lancashire Women, my son wouldn't have a mum" says Preston wom...

Coun Martin Mitchell

Blackpool councillor who rebelled on golf course vote loses committee role

Susanna Reid grilled Tony Blair on the Iraq War (ITV)

Watch as Susanna Reid confronts Tony Blair on Iraq War invasion

Pigeon rescue

Letters - Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Nurse

Letters - Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Lancashire County Council's elections take place on 6th May

Every Lancashire County Council candidate in the Fylde and Wyre districts at the...

Labour Leader Keir Starmer sits in social distanced seating during a visit of Walsall Football Club on September 19, 2020 in Walsall, England.

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer plans to wrestle control away from football clu...

Stanley Johnson visited Greece last year in apparent breach of coronavirus guidance (Photo: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

'Stanley Johnson loophole' allows foreign travel to second homes - the clause ex...

A four day working week could be on the horizon for many Spanish residents (Photo: PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images)

Spain to launch trial of 4 day working week - is it sustainable?

The proposed pay rise has been described as "pitiful" (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Proposed 1% pay rise for NHS England branded ‘pitiful’ by nurses union and Labou...

Labour has accused the Government of bias (Photo: Tolga Akmen - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

The majority of towns benefitting from new £1bn funding are Conservative constit...

Lancashire Women (Chalkie Bolton Photography)

Lancashire Women: The life-saving charity set up by women for women on Covid, eq...

See letter from Scott Benton, MP for Blackpool South

Letters - Thursday January 21, 2021

MPs will vote on plans to cut Universal Credit by £20 per week today - what it m...

Schools on the Fylde coast have mainly opened as normal amid the latest coronavirus restrictions

Fylde coast schools battle to get back in class amid coronavirus restrictions

See letter from Lancashire United

Letters - Friday November 27 2020

PMQs will take place online for the first time ever today - how to watch and wha...

See letter from County Coun Julie Gibson, Labour Group Shadow Cabinet Member for Economic Regeneration

Letters - Wednesday, November 18 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced new measures to bolster the Jobs Support Scheme

Jobs Support Scheme expansion: How will it affect me?

Coun Graham Cain

Former Blackpool Council deputy leader no longer part of Labour group

The Government should do more to help Blackpool's entertainments industry Labour says

Row in Blackpool over support for 'unviable' businesses such as entertainments

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the Kickstart scheme will help thousands of young unemployed get into the world of work

Kickstart scheme targets thousands of Blackpool young unemployed

Experts say a wave of mass redundancies could be on the way post. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Could the furlough scheme be extended beyond October? Calls for extension over j...

(Photo: Shutterstock)

Contact tracers may soon knock on your door if they cannot contact you by phone ...

Coun Simon Blackburn

Former Blackpool Council leader backs new appointment

New council leader Lynn Williams

New Blackpool Council leader appointed