Lancashire County Council

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

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

The misspelt road sign in Knott End

Please tell me this is a joke? Misspelt road sign causes outrage

Andrea Seed, who works for Lancashire County Council and who will compete at the upcoming World's Strongest Woman comp in America

I skipped PE at school but now I'm at the Official Strongman Games

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

Pictured from left to right: County Coun Aidy Riggott, cabinet member for economic development and growth; County Coun Jayne Rear, cabinet member for education and skills, Joseph Bridges, who is currently doing a Level 4 Application Support Apprenticeship with software and consultancy solutions firm Redthorn; Oliver Barrow, who is currently doing a Level 3 engineering apprenticeship with isentra; and County Coun Ash Sutcliffe, lead member for cultural services and skills.

Lancashire apprenticeship boost after cash fund announced for businesses

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

Lancashire 's RE curriculum is being reviewed

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

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

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'

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

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

Knives seized during Trading Standards and police operation

Ban on zombie knives supported by Lancashire County Council

Coun Michael Green at Kingsfold Library

The staggering number of people using libraries to keep warm

Residents across Lancashire are being welcomed into their local libraries to get a hot drink, meet new people and to stay warm as temperatures drop.

Catherine Musgrove

Projects the Eric Wright Group are involved in

Powerhouse behind major Lancashire projects on the secret to success

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

Early irning travel for disabled bus passengers in Lancashire could be set to change.

Major fare change planned for disbaled bus pass holders in Lancashire

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

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

Choir marks 40th anniversary in final of Lancashire Choir of the year

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

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

Blackpool FC Community Trust has paid tribute to the team which delivers its successful Star Camp programme Picture: Blackpool FC Community Trust

Blackpool FC Community Trust: Teamwork is behind a successful Stars Camp

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

[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...

A new day has dawned over Lancashire after the county was finally handed the devolved powers it has sought for so long - meaning more decisions will soon be taken at a local level.

Paul Faulkner

Final preparations for Lancashire’s premier business awards the BIBAs

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

Online applications for Lancashire school places will go live from Sunday, September 1

Applications for school places to go live soon - what you need to know

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

A still from The Bay series 5, premiering at a Lancashire TV and film festival in November. Credit: ITV

New series of ITV’s The Bay to premiere at a Lancashire festival

Around 200 social care support officers and hearing impairment officers employed by Lancashire County Council will take part in the strike

Staff in social work teams employed by LCC to go on strike

Cause of Death returns to Channel 5 at 9pm tonight (August 7)

Death of elderly woman found lifeless on stairlift to be investigated

Gary Hough, 62, looks up to the skies outside his home surrounded in seagull

'Horrified' residents invaded by 'apocalyptic' swarm of seagulls

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

Blackpool drivers could be told to slow down to 20mph in parts of the resort

Proposals on the table to change Blackpool into 20mph zone

What are the benefits of Edith Rigby Way?

Here's why another £50K is being spent on new £207m motorway link road

Counth Hall's coffers have been given an unexpected boost

Here's how much money Lancashire County Council has in its reserves

Does Lancashire need its own Andy Burnham to fly the flag for the county?

New government ‘wants Lancashire to have an Andy Burnham-style elected mayor’

Participants of a previous Scaleup Leaders Network.

Council programmes help Lancashire businesses create over 100 jobs

Angie Ridgwell will hand over the reins at the top of Lancashire County Council to Mark Wynn, who will become acting chief executive

New boss for Lancashire County Council - before the current one has even left

The University of Central Lancashire will host the Convention of the North 2025 next February

Lancashire to stage prestigious 'Northern Powerhouse' conference

A free-flowing Edith Rigby Way - a year after it opened

This is how many vehicles are using the new M55 link road one year on

Lancashire County Council has revealed the budgetary pressures it faced during the last financial year

School transport and children's services put council budget under pressure

Will Lancashire's devolution deal remain intact now there is a new government - and what could come in its place?

Council leaders say it's time for a Lancashire mayor

School absence Photograph Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Lancashire parents fined more than £2.5m for school absences

Families in Lancashire will receive free activity and food club vouchers this summer. Photo by Agung Pandit Wiguna on Pexels

Families receive free voucher for summer holiday activities & food

Long-awaited M55 Link Road sparks new era for drivers on Fylde coast

Long-awaited Heyhouses-M55 Link Road FINALLY opens after 25 years

The Salvation Army has supported 23 families since awarded the contract for resettlement in 2021

The Salvation Army set to hit target of resettling refugees in the North West by...

A “must-attend event” for music industry professionals is set to be held in Lancashire (Credit: Suvan Chowdhury)

Event for music industry professionals to be held in Lancashire

Lancashire has been named the ‘illegal vape capital of the UK’.

Lancashire has been named the ‘illegal vape capital of the UK’

Lancashire County Council is trying to tackle a sickness problem amongst its staff

The top reasons so many council staff are off sick - and what is being done

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