Matthew Brown

Chorley Council leader Alistair Bradley and the leader of Wyre Council, Michael Vincent, are different sides of the the divide over the future of local government in Lancashire

Death of local government - or exciting opportunity? Council shake-up split

[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

Everything you need to know as Radio 2 in the Park arrives in Preston

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

Some Lancashire district leaders remained unimpressed with the county's devolution agreement

District leaders dismiss 'lukewarm' response to 'underwhelming' devolution deal

Photo Neil Cross; The character at Preston Market Hall that is celebrating its 5th anniversary

Preston traders celebrate the Market Hall's five year anniversary

(Pictured L-R) LCC Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Growth Aidy Rigott: Nicola Elsworth, Head of Planning and Enabling at Homes England and Leader of Preston City Council, Councillor Matthew Brown (Credit: Martin Bostock Photography)

Preston Western Distributor road to be named after famous suffragette

Can Lancashire's 15 councils stay on the same page as they pursue their devolution ambitions?

Claim that Lancashire's £5.6bn devolution bid is 'not ambitious enough'

Lancashire had put forward a county-wide bid for the UK City of Culture title for 2025

Lancashire loses out in UK City of Culture 2025 bid

Anthony Brookes and Jackie Colebourne of Lancashire credit union, Clevr Money

Lancashire credit union launches campaign to aid collapsed doorstep lender custo...

Lancashire's City of Culture 2025 bid has been revived.

Lancashire's City of Culture 2025 bid revived after being axed

Schools fully reopened in Lancashire and across England on 8th March

This is how many pupils are isolating in each Lancashire district just weeks aft...

John McDonnell visiting anti-fracking protestors on Preston New Road in 2017

John McDonnell's green dream for Lancashire, as ex-shadow chancellor stages coun...

Reports from business insiders suggest that St George's Shopping Centre in Preston has fallen into administration

CONFIRMED: Preston's St George's Shopping Centre falls into administration

A new survey had named Preston the best place to live and work in the north west

Survey reveals Preston is the best place to live and work in the north west

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed that Lancashire will remain in Tier 3 until mid-January following a review of England's tier system today (December 17)

Lancashire to stay in Tier 3 lockdown until next year, confirms Government
The whole of Lancashire will remain in Tier 3 lockdown until next year following a Government review of England's tier system today (Thursday, December 17).
Matthew Calderbank

Debenhams Preston

12,000 jobs at risk as Debenhams 'winds down' operations after rescue talks coll...

District leaders in Preston, Chorley, Wyre and Ribble Valley have laid out their hopes for the new tiering system

Preston, Chorley, Wyre and Ribble Valley's leaders reveal their hopes for the ne...

Coun Matthew Brown

Preston Council leader accuses Government of 'incompetence'

Lynn Williams and Matthew Brown

Labour leaders' £8.2m plan to protect Lancashire from coronavirus threat

Businesses in Wyre will, like those in Blackpool Fylde and Preston, be able to make a claim for a discretionary grant if they have missed out on Government coronavirus aid so far

Wyre council launches grants for businesses which missed out on Government coron...

View from the Halfway House window, in the 1930s

Taking a look back at historic Blackpool watering hole

One in every six adults in Lancashire have never used the internet

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