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Fylde coast MPs Chris Webb and Cat Smith have condemned United Utilities after the company was slapped with a record fine for discharging sewage into waters on the Fylde coast.

The fine's a drop in the ocean next to the profits they bank each year

Andrew Snowden MP and Councillor Tommy Threlfall

MP calls for body to coordinate flood prevention across Fylde coast

Lorraine Beavers MP for Blackpool North and Fleetwood

I won't stop fighting until the Jameson Road landfill site is closed

'Use it or lose it' - Ride Fleetwood Ferry at Food, Fish & Music Fest to save service

Ride Fleetwood Ferry at Food, Fish & Music Festival to save service

Punk musician and music journalist John Robb spoke at a business conference about why Blackpool should become UK City of Culture. Photo: Lucinda Herbert

'Landmark moment'- All Lancs MPs back Blackpool's City of Culture bid

County Councillor James Tomlinson objects to the proposals

'We don't want it'- Residents outrage over major industrial park plans

Price Bailey have released their new report

Ad Feature British businesses trust Parliament more than MPs do

'We listened' - Maritime & Coastguard Agency update as plan to cut volunteer pay axed

Maritime & Coastguard Agency update as plan to cut volunteer pay axed

Major update on controversial plans to cut life-saving coastguards' pay

'Scandal' - Update on plans to cut 'brave life-saving' coastguard pay

Union and Fylde coast MPs warn of public safety impact of 'savage' coastguard cuts

Union and MPs warn of public safety impact of 'savage' coastguard cuts

Andy Burnham. Picture: Getty

'Northern communities have been ignored' - MP backs Andy Burnham as PM

Eleven Blackpool pubs have announced plans to stay open until 5am on Monday for England fans

All the Blackpool pubs open to 5am for England v Mexico at World Cup

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during the G7 summit in Evian, France

We need to keep childhoods off Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube

Lancaster and Wyre MP Cat Smith

MP raises fresh concerns in debate over conditions on park home sites

Chris Webb MP outside the Metropole Hotel

'I've delivered progress' - Blackpool South MP's 2 years in Parliament

Blackpool and Fylde Coast MPs Chris Webb, Cat Smith, Andrew Snowden and Lorraine Beavers

How MPs across the Fylde voted over PM's Mandleson investigation
How MPs across the Fylde voted over Prime Minister’s Mandleson enquiry
Claire Lark

Lorraine Beavers MP for Blackpool North & Fleetwood meeting about Landfill sites with Julie Minns MP and Tim Farron MP.

I stood with victims’ families as their voices shaped a Bill now law

Labour’s Chris Webb won the Blackpool South parliamentary seat with the third biggest swing from the Conservatives to Labour at a by-election since the Second World War.

MP issues statement after man sentenced following jobs fair incident

How price spikes and fuel shortages are impacting the Fylde coast

Blackpool South MP Chris Webb and Pat McFadden opening Blackpool Jobs Fair last month

Blackpool Jobs Fair helps 1,100 people find work in resort in one day

Lorraine Beavers, MP for Blackpool North and Fleetwood, has dismissed rumours that The New Boston Hotel is being used to house asylum seekers

Blackpool MP: Government ‘having a laugh’ amid £700m contract bids

MP for Blackpool South Chris Webb has praised the quick response of police officers for intervening at an incident which took place at a jobs fair last Thursday in which a 42-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of public order.

I had received intel that someone was going to punch me in the face

Tom O’Keefe, 42, of Cross Street, Blackpool, has been charged with Section 5 Public Order after an incident at a jobs fair last Thursday which was hosted by MP Chris Webb (far left)

Blackpool man charged after incident at jobs fair

Fylde MP Andrew Snowden has renewed his call for urgent Government action to support pubs after the shock closure of Guy’s Thatched Hamlet

MP demands urgent action after shock closure of Guy's Thatched Hamlet

MP for Blackpool South Chris Webb has spoken out against racist and Nazi activity in Blackpool saying there is no place for it.

Racists and far-right agitators are not welcome in Blackpool MP says

Andrew Snowden said proposed Government plans to lower the drink-drive limit in England and Wales risk distracting from the real danger on the roads

'We need a crackdown on drivers who ignore drink-drive laws'

Members of Chorley WASPI group (Women Against State Pension Injustice) meet the Mayor of Chorley Julia Berry and raise their concerns about the changes to state pensions, in addition to celebrating International Women's Day at Chorley Town Hall

WASPI campaigners seeking a 'Herculean effort' to send 1m letters
WASPI campaigners in Lancashire have started the New Year seeking a “Herculean effort” from supporters to see a million letters sent to MPs in the coming weeks.
Vanessa Sims

Debbie Duncan, from Oswaldtwistle, launched an official Parliamentary petition calling for a new ‘Jay Law’ backed by Hyndburn MP Sarah Smith

Jay Slater's mum Debbie says 'it's cruel & constant' in desperate plea

Blackpool South MP Chris Webb is among Labour MPs calling on the government to take stronger action to reverse the decline of left-behind seaside towns.

We need more good jobs - MP joins call for Govt to help coastal towns

Six Lancashire MPs are among more than 100 across the country calling on the Chancellor to introduce a new tax on online gambling companies

Lancashire MPs call for online gambling tax to tackle child poverty

13-year-old boy set to get life changing pioneering treatment

Prison

Trial to chemically castrate sex offenders in NW prisons gets go-ahead

Lorraine Beavers, MP for Blackpool North and Fleetwood, has dismissed rumours that The New Boston Hotel is being used to house asylum seekers

Fleetwood MP quashes rumours asylum seekers are being housed at hotel

NFU President Tom Bradshaw

Family farm tax will not achieve government intentions, says NFU

68 per cent of parents agree with the charter

Ad Feature Breakfast charter launched as 8 in 10 parents fear poor school meals

The Big Ben and Palace of Westminster under a clear blue London sky.

Be part of the thousands gathering in Westminster for the Act Now, Change Foreve...

MPs vote to decriminalise abortion - how local Lancashire MPs voted

Kneecap have already courted controversy in the United States over the stance regarding Palestine and performances at Coachella 2025.

Kneecap videos under review for inciting violence against local MPs

Smoke billows as police officers face off protesters in Liverpool on August 3, 2024 during the 'Enough is Enough' demonstration held in reaction to the fatal stabbings in Southport on July 29.

'Appropriate' handling of riots undermined by 'disgraceful' claims

Damian Mercer from Cavity Extraction

Cavity Extraction wins prestigious Lancashire Business View Award at Red Rose Aw...

MPs have welcomed the Policy@Manchester publication aimed at tackling the UK’s cardiovascular health crisis

MPs back new report promoting ‘Healthy Hearts’ across the nation

Blackpool South MP Chris Webb has expressed concerns over the potential impact of the Government’s major welfare reforms on child poverty levels

As Blackpool South MP, I fear reforms will worsen child poverty

Researchers have developed a tool to measure local community resilience

New tool to gauge community resilience praised by MPs

Historic names are set to disappear from the local government map in Lancashire

Every council in Lancashire set to be scrapped - just not yet

The Lancashire council leaders who do not want a local authority shake-up - [clockwise from top left] Karen Buckley (Conservative, Fylde); Phillippa Williamson (Conservative, Lancashire County Council); Asjad Mahmood (Independent, Pendle); Afrasiab Anwar (Independent, Burnley); Stephen Atkinson (Conservative, Ribble Valley); Caroline Jackson (Green Party, Lancaster); and Michael Vincent (Conservative, Wyre)

'Don't do it': Lancashire leaders bid to block council abolition plan

MPs gathered to hear the result of the vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. PIC: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

What happens next with the assisted dying bill?

Campaigners both for and against turn out as MPs prepare to vote on the proposed assisted dying bill in Parliament.

Countries that have legalised assisted dying as MPs vote on bill

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

John Prescott took part in a penalty shoot out during a visit to Fleetwood High School with Joan Humble watching on

Former MPs recall visits to Blackpool by John Prescott who has died

A disability campaigner from "Dignity in Dying" holds a placard as she demonstrates outside Westminster (Pic: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images)

Blackpool residents get chance to give their views on assisted dying

MP for Blackpool South Chris Webb

Blackpool MP Chris Webb recovering after late night attack in London

Chris Packham is calling on Blackpool residents to write to their MP - Animal News Agency

Chris Packham calls on Blackpool residents to write to their MP on the issue of ...

Blackpool North and Fleetwood MP Lorraine Beavers

New MP reflects on juggling life in Parliament with personal heartache

Asda co-owner Mohsin Issa has confirmed he will step down from running the supermarket

MPs urge Asda bosses to end pay dispute after Issa brother steps back

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1000s sign petition for MP expenses to end amid Fuel Allowance debate

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