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Fleetwood Remembrance Day service with inset MP Lorraine Beavers and Kevin Gray

MP says political row was 'frank exchange' of views in private chat

Will the Chancellor, John Healey, have anything to say specifically to Lancashire during his budget speech?

Lancashire mayor question could finally be answered in the budget

Leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage with Reform UK Chairman for Blackpool & Fleetwood branch, Mark Butcher outside the newly rebranded Reform UK pub, The Talbot.

Blackpool Reform leader responds to PACT voter manipulation claims

Lancashire County Council members get the chance to bring forward proposals for debate at each full council meeting - but from now on, the opposition will have only one of the three debate slots

Lancashire Reform accused of ‘silencing opposition’ in county council debate row

Lancashire County Council is taking legal steps in the face of uncertainty over local government reorganisation

Lancs makes court bid and referendum call as government stays silent on overhaul

Lancashire County Council's Reform UK administration says the road network is much improved compared to earlier in the year - but opposition councillors are far from convinced

Potholes: claim of "fantastic" improvement met with scepticism amid stats spat

'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' - Wyre Council leader questions Lancashire local government reorganisation

'If it ain't broke' - Council leader questions local government rejig

'Serious failure of leadership' - Fylde Council leader slams Lancashire local government reorganisation

'Failure' - Council leader slams local government reorganisation drama

Cabinet members at Lancashire County Council voted to end the authority's co-ordinating role in delivering support for refugees in the county

‘Unfair system’: Reform county council quits refugee role amid ‘xenophobia’ row

Composite image of Nigel Farage and Count Binface

Blackpool on Nigel Farage amid questions over Reform leader's finances

Council welcomes new Prime Minister Andy Burnham's pledge to end homelessness

Blackpool Council responds to PM Burnham's pledge to end homelessness

Lancashire County Council leader Stephen Atkinson is worried the local authority map is being redrawn too quickly

'Slow down': leader warns of 'risk' to residents from council shake-up

Ann Widdecombe and dancing partner Anton Du Beke during rehearsals for Strictly Come Dancing at BBC Television Centre in west London in 2010 (Yui Mok/PA)

Police probe murder of ex-Tory minister & Strictly star Ann Widdecombe

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and deputy Lancashire County Council leader Simon Evans pictured during the former's visit to County Hall in Preston in June 2025

Lancashire Reform UK group says Nigel Farage 'right to quit as an MP'

Graham Dalton has stepped down as Lancashire County Council's cabinet member for adult social care, just as reassessment of the service is about to begin to ensure it is , in his own words, "fit for the future"

Lancashire social care councillor quits ahead of 'pivotal' overhaul

Tyson Fury

Tyson Fury 'offered chance to become Mayor of Lancashire by Reform UK'
The boxer would probably have been the most well-known face in the political contest.
Paul Faulkner

Ten Lancashire County Council care facilities were placed under review last year, including [clockwise from top left] the residential homes Grove House (Adlington) and Thornton House (Thornton-Cleveleys) and the combined care home and day centre sites Milbanke (Kirkham) and Favordale (Colne)

What the public thought of the potential closure of 10 Lancs care facilities

A smooth new look for Ribby Road, Kirkham

'People will see improvement' - Councillor pledges £3m road investment

Lancashire County Council's ruling Reform UK group will consider ending its involvement with two refugee resettlement schemes

Row over Reform UK plan to ‘withdraw’ Lancashire from refugee schemes

Lancashire's SEND backlog slashed as council aims to get off 'rollercoaster'

Lancashire County Council’s Reform UK administration, pictured with national party leader Nigel Farage [front, centre], at County Hall last year

Reform UK sets first Lancs budget: all you need to know, including council tax

Standards for pothole filling are usually monitored over three-month periods

'No way of knowing' if Lancashire's potholes are being filled in quickly enough

Deputy Lancashire County Council leader Simon Evans (right) with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage pictured at County Hall last year

Sir Keir Starmer demands Nigel Farage sack deputy Lancs County Council leader

The Reform Fylde HQ in St Annes was vandalised with soup at the weekend

Breaking Reform HQ attacked with soup - MP fumes "grow up or get out of area!"

County Cllr Tom Pickup was suspended from Reform UK after leaked WhatsApp posts about immigration emerged - but he has now returned after three months on the sidelines

Suspended Reform UK councillor back in the party after WhatsApp comments probe

Cllr Adam Brierley says day centres help keep elderly people out of care homes. The Milbanke complex in Kirkham contains both such services - but only has so far had its future confirmed.

'Day centres must stay open - people will end up in care homes without them'

There is “no intention” within Lancashire County Council to close care homes including [clockwise from top left] Milbanke (Kirkham), Grove House (Adlington), Favordale (Colne) and Thornton House (Thornton Cleveleys), the authority’s leader has said

Council issues major update on future of 'poor condition' care homes
The leader of Lancashire County Council has said the authority has “no intention to close” any of the five elderly care homes whose futures it has been reviewing.
Paul Faulkner

Call for 'urgent clarity' over Lancashire care homes and day centres

Jack Robinson (right), former chairman of Blackpool South Conservative Association, has defected to Reform UK. Pictured with Blackpool & Fleetwood Reform chairman Mark Butcher

Breaking Blackpool Tory defects to Reform "to help get Nigel Farage into No. 10"

Care homes like Thornton House have been promised investment - but Labour MPs want to know exactly where from

'Don't save care homes by privatising them', Lancashire MPs say

Supporters of Vale View Day Centre in Lancaster took part in a protest about the future of the service in Preston last week

'Now do the same for our day centres': call for services to be protected

It seems that homes including [clockwise from top left] Milbanke (Kirkham), Grove House (Adlington), Favordale (Colne) and Thornton House (Thornton Cleveleys) are set to stay open for the long term

Major announcement on future of under-threat Lancashire care homes

Reform hails 'lowest council tax rise in 12 years' amid 'broken promises' claim

Claim Reform UK 'changed atmosphere' at county council amid social media storm

Lancashire County Council leader Stephen Atkinson has been leading the new Reform UK administration at the authority for six months

Six months of Reform: county leader on potholes, cuts and care home closures

County Cllr Stephen Atkinson (left) was asked about the suspension of County Cllr Tom Pickup from Reform UK over the latter's membership of a WhatsApp group

Lancashire's Reform UK leader responds to councillor's suspension

County Cllr Tom Pickup has been suspended from Reform UK pending an investigation. He had been Lancashire County Council's lead member for finance.

Reform UK Lancashire councillor suspended after 'hardline' immigration comment

Lancashire's North-South divide: council plan to cut the county in two

Sir Keir Starmer says it will "take time" to turn the country around

PM 'understands frustration' of voters, but claims Reform would be 'a disaster'

Should Lancashire residents get a vote on whether their local council is axed?

Vital Lancs services 'at risk' if council scrappage plan is rushed

Lancashire County Council leader Stephen Atkinson says the refusal of a proposed increase councillor allowances is "for the benefit of residents"

Reform lead rejection of allowance rise for Lancashire county councillors

Lancashire Reform reject permanent fracking ban ‘in case technology improves’

The fracking site at Preston New Road, The fracking site at Preston New Road, Freckleton

Miliband pledges fracking ban amid Lancashire tremor concerns

'Get on with it': government urged by Lancs campaigners to ban fracking forever

Should this be the official look for all of Lancashire's mini-roundabouts?

'Fix the roads first!' Mixed reaction to councillor's roundabout painting plan

County Cllr Brian Moore would like the English flag painted on every mini-roundabout in Lancashire as part of an official programme

Councillor wants to OFFICIALLY paint flag on all mini-roundabouts

Hunt is on for £28m saving at county council to plug predicted budget gap

The flags usually flown on the roof of County Hall are the Union Jack and Lancashire Flag - but the latter can be swapped for flags used top mark specific occasions

These are all the flags Reform have decided can be flown over County Hall

The removal of flags for safety reaspns has sparked an angry reaction in Blackpool

Removal of flags from lamp posts over safety fears sparks angry reaction

Lancashire County Council leader Stephen Atkinson has responded to a court ruling closing an asylum hotel in Essex after Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said local authorities under his party's control would try to achieve the same outcome

Reform reveal what they are doing about asylum accommodation in Lancs

The Reform group at Lancashire County Council with [front from left] authority leader Stephen Atkinson, party leader Nigel Farage and deputy county leader Simon Evans

'We're delivering on Lancashire's priorities', claim Reform after first 100 days

Spending is under review on two fronts at Lancashire County Council

Council must save over £100m - and still awaits Reform's DOGE unit

County Cllr Stephen Atkinson has new roles at the Local Government Association

New jobs for Reform UK leader of Lancashire County Council

County Cllr Maria Jones has put herself forward as Lancashire County Council's first member champion for combatting violence against women and girls

I escaped domestic abuse - now I want to help others do the same

Net zero targets and some of the methods of achieving them have come in for criticism from Reform UK in Lancashire

Net zero attacked as Reform councillor declines to back 'climate change science'

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