Michael Gove

Leave and Remain campaigners face off during the 2016 EU referendum, the centrepoint of the new BBC documentary series Brexit: A Very British Civil War (Picture: BBC/Zinc Television/Alamy/PA Images/Dominic Lipinski)

Farage and Johnson paint a turning point as playground politics

Revoe residents at Blackpool Town Hall

Breaking 'You’re destroying community' - Protesters on demolition of 300 homes

Artist’s impressions from the Blackpool Central Housing Regeneration Area Framework depicting the type of development the council hopes to see in Central Drive

Town to get its say on controversial plan to demolish homes in Revoe

James Anderson of Lancashire during the Lancashire CCC photocall at Emirates Old Trafford on Tuesday. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Lancashire cricket legend Jimmy Anderson has been awarded a knighthood

The money will be used to improve housing in the inner areas

Government gives Blackpool £90m for massive housing transformation

Housing Secretary Michael Gove wrote to Tory backbenchers to say the ban on “no-fault” section 21 evictions promised as part of the Renters Reform Bill will not be enacted before a series of improvements are made in the legal system. Campaigners say this could delay the ban for years. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Kim Mogg

Breaking Ban on no fault evictions delayed indefinitely by Tory government

Coun Paul Galley outside Downing Street

Pledges for Blackpool from meeting with Prime Minister

Bonny Street Market which was dismantled in January

Developers set to move onto former Blackpool Bonny Street Market site

Lancashire's 15 councils are finally on the same page over their devolution demands - but is the current Tory or any future Labour government in tune with them?

Labour would offer Lancashire no-strings devolution minus a mayor upfront

Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, speaking at the Convention of the North in Manchester. PIC: James Speakman/PA Wire

Michael Gove: “Spirit” of Thatcherism will help North of England

Blackpool's "multiversity" has moved a step closer

Blackpool succeeds in £40m bid for new university, but hotel plan rejected

The project is aimed at improving housing in Blackpool

£1.2m project to tackle rogue Blackpool landlords

The Winter Gardens Pavilion in Blackpool (Credit: Ian Grundy/PA)

Blackpool MP to table Bill to move House of Lords close to Strictly ballroom

The Winter Gardens Pavilion in Blackpool (Credit: Ian Grundy/PA)

Blackpool MP to table Bill to move House of Lords close to Strictly ballroom

Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone plans will not be called in by the Government

Call in decision over Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone

The new coal mine in Cumbria (West Cumbria Mining)

First new UK coal mine in 30 years given approval by ministers
The coal mine has been given the go ahead from the government
Patrick Hollis

Leader of Blackpool Council Lynn Williams

Blackpool council housing review in wake of Awaab Ishak death

Levelling Up minister Michael Gove at the Blackpool Central development. He is pictured with council leader Lynn Williams and MP Scott Benton.

£40m government investment announced to unlock massive Blackpool regeneration

The Conservative leader of Lancashire County Council, Phillippa Williamson, declined to be drawn into commenting on the chaos at Westminster this week

Lancashire County Council leader reacts to Boris Johnson's resignation

Could you take advantage of Right to Buy or Help to Buy?

Right to Buy and Help to Buy - everything you need to know

Families continue to struggle to make ends meet despite Government's levelling up policy (photo: Adobe)

Queen’s Speech ‘another nail in coffin’ of Levelling Up agenda

Blackpool has become a top staycation destination with many second homes turned into holiday lets

Blackpool now a top destination for staycations

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Guild Hall, Harris and Preston City Hall

Lancashire short-changed after Brexit, claim advocates for the north

Boris Johnson and Michael Gove in the Empress Ballroom

Boris Johnson makes pledges for Blackpool in resort visit

Boris Johnson at Blackpool Transport Depot

24 pictures as Prime Minister Boris Johnson pays visit to Blackpool

Private rented homes will be subjected to new rules as part of the Levelling Up agenda (image: NationalWorld)

Landlords could be forced to upgrade '800,000 homes' under new Levelling Up Whit...

A member of the public receives a dose of the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine at a vaccination centre (Getty Images)

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Mr Gove was spotted partying until around 3am (Photo: Getty Images)

Stunned clubbers spot Michael Gove partying in nightclub until 3am

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he is "confident" that no further delay to the lifting of remaining Covid restrictions in England will be necessary, and will come to an end on 19 July (Photo: Shutterstock)

Boris Johnson ‘confident’ lockdown restrictions will end in England on 19 July

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes part in a press conference on the final day of the G7 summit in Carbis Bay on June 13, 2021 in Cornwall.

Boris Johnson faces Tory backlash as Covid lockdown easing put on hold

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce a delay to the ending of social-distancing rules as the Delta variant continues to spread rapidly (Photo: Shutterstock)

Boris Johnson set to delay Covid lockdown easing by four weeks amid rise in case...

MPs say there is 'no justification' for vaccine passports (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

MPs say that 'discriminatory' vaccine passports 'are not the answer' to lockdown...

Furlough scheme could be extended past end date, Michael Gove suggests

Barbados, Croatia, Greece and Turkey will accept the NHS Covid app (Photo: Shutterstock)

These countries will accept the NHS Covid app as a vaccine certificate

Indoor hospitality will also reopen from 17 May in England (Photo: Getty Images)

Hugs with family and friends and indoor pints to return in England next week

People who have tested positive for coronavirus within the past six months will potentially be considered to have natural immunity from Covid

Vaccine passports will apply for those who have had Covid in past six months

Boris Johnson is due to lead a coronavirus press conference on Monday

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EU has set out plans for Covid vaccine passports - but will UK residents be elig...

WHO has said that the likes of vaccine passports should not be implemented for international travellers (Photo: MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

WHO says that vaccine passports should not be permitted for foreign travel - the...

The Prime Minister has urged the nation to be “prudent” by continuing to follow the rules (Photo: Getty Images)

Boris Johnson is ‘very optimistic’ all Covid restrictions will be lifted on 21 J...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Sedgehill School in south east London and takes part in an online class on February 23 (Photo by Jack Hill - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Johnson ‘very optimistic’ all lockdown restrictions will be removed on June 21

Vaccine passports are "under consideration" according to Dominic Raab (Photo: Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Vaccine passports still being considered under plans for lockdown easing - what ...

European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen

EU moves to prevent NI from being used as vaccine backdoor to GB

The Government made limited use of quarantine hotels early in the pandemic, such as this Holiday Inn hotel,close to Heathrow Airport which was block-booked by the Department of Health to use as a quarantine zone in March 2020 (Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Anyone returning from these 'red list' countries to the UK will soon have to qua...

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Multiple elections are due to take place in May - to Lancashire County Council, for the county's Police and Crime Commissioner and to city and district councils like Preston and Chorley

Lancashire election chiefs call for polls to be postponed again - or done by pos...

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Hundreds of international flights are arriving in the UK each day - with no Covi...

This is when lockdown measures are likely to lift across the four UK nations

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How is the country going to come out of lockdown

Covid: How can the country come out of lockdown?

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