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Chris Packham is urging Lancashire residents to write to their MP - Animal News Agency

Chris Packham urges Lancashire residents to write to their MP on the issue of tr...

Eligible residents in the Middleforth ward are heading to the polls to elect a new representative for their area (main image: Google)

South Ribble by-election: all you need to know about who can vote and how

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper during her conference speech Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Silent Crime: Home secretary Yvette Cooper pledges nuisance crackdown

Protesters spray paint 'genocide’ on Labour conference entrance.

Watch: Protesters spray paint 'genocide’ on Labour conference entrance

The cost of some private schools might become prohibitive for some families if they put their fees up in response (Image: National World/Getty Images/Adobe Stock)

What adding VAT to private school fees could mean for pupils

The Waggon Inn, Uppermill

I visit the quaint countryside village famous for nightlife & celebs

abour leader and incoming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street

Watch: Keir Starmer makes first speech as Prime Minister outside No 10

NWL Chamber president, Jane Cole

NWL Chamber of Commerce looks forward to working with new Labour government

Lancashire flag

Live General Election 2024 Lancs: The results and reaction as Labour wins

Sir Mark Hendrick retains his Preston seat.

Labour Party secure landslide victory as long-serving MP retains seat

Neil Kinnock falls over on Brighton seafront in 1983.

Funny political stunts gone wrong from elections past

General Election 2024’s 7 best campaign moments and gaffes.

General Election 2024 7 best campaign moments and gaffes

Tory canvasser removes Labour leaflet from letterbox.

Watch: Tory canvasser removes Labour leaflet from letterbox

The signing of Lancashire's devolution deal in November - but has the election turned the smiles to uncertainty? [From left] Blackburn with Darwen Council leader Phil Riley, Lancashire County Council leader Phillippa Williamson, Levelling Up Minister Jacob Young and Blackpool Council leader Lynn Williams (image: Martin Bostock Photography)

General election derails Lancashire's devolution deal at the eleventh hour

People living in the Preston City Council area go to the polls on 2nd May

Preston local elections 2024: all you need to know as the polls open

Chorley goes to the polls on 2nd May

Chorley local elections 2024: all you need to know as the polls open
Chorley residents are heading to the polls for the local elections on Thursday (2nd May).
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Chorley goes to the polls on 2nd May

Chorley Council elections 2024: who are the candidates and how can I vote?

The people of Preston go to the polls on 2nd May

Preston City Council elections 2024: who are the candidates and how can I vote?

Lifelong Tory activist Katie Fieldhouse, 78, from St Annes says Fylde MP Mark Menzies called her at 3.15am last December and demanded £5,000 after he allegedly "got in with some bad people" at a flat

"It was 3am, he told me it's life or death Katie! They're bad people!"

Katherine Fletcher held two ministerial roles during Liz Truss' short-lived premiership

South Ribble MP 'received almost £6,000 payout for 37 days as a Truss minister'

23 retro pics of 1997 Preston, from schools and scouts, to North End

Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the House of Commons, accidentally called the Opposition leader 'Prime Minister'.

Watch as Chorley's Sir Lindsay Hoyle makes big mistake in Commons

The Conservative group on Burnley Council (pictured) have criticised the decision by the leader of Burnley Council, Coun. Afrasiab Anwar, and nine other councillors to resign from the Labour Party over Sir Keir Starmer's decision not to push for a ceasefire in Gaza

Tories blast Labour councillors' decision to quit Labour Party

The leader of Burnley Council Coun. Afrasiab Anwar and nine other councillors have resigned from the Labour Party over Sir Keir Starmer's decision not to push for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Burnley Council leader and nine councillors quit Labour Party

Greta Thunberg was among those speaking at the protest in central London. Credit: XR/Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images.

'Oily Money Out': Greta Thunberg joins protesters in central London

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Credit: Getty

Labour Party vows to turn NHS "on its head" with fundamental reform

Dale Vince joins Just Stop Oil activists during a protest by the environmental campaigners in central London. Picture Date: Thursday June 8, 2023. Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Just Stop Oil donor pulls funding over ‘pointless’ further protests
Dale Vince, who is also a major Labour Party donor, said further disruption would only help “feed the Tories’ culture-war narrative”.
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South Ribble Borough Council leader Paul Foster wants a seat at Westminster

South Ribble leader selected as Labour's parliamentary candidate for the area

Labour shadow minister Bambos Charalambous suspended

Vote counters will soon be hard at work

Full Preston local election results as Labour maintains hold on city council

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer chats with residents, Ryan Barker and Catherine Watkis, inside their newly built home during a visit to a Leyland housing development with Deputy Leader Angela Raynor. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner visit South Ribble

Labour MP Diane Abbott attends a Stand Up to Racism rally outside Downing Street. Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty

Diane Abbott has Labour whip withdrawn after “deeply offensive” letter

Sue Gray is Sir Keir Starmer’s new chief of staff for Labour Party

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced she will step down as leader of her country in February.

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern announces shock resignation

Rishi Sunak will face PMQs once again on Wednesday. Credit: Getty Images

PMQs: How to watch Rishi Sunak face-off against Keir Starmer

Labour Party to abolish the House of Lords if elected to UK government

Cllr James Nevett says politics works best when different generations are represented in the council chamber

'The same could happen to you': Chorley councillor quits Labour with a warning

NationalWorld is calling for a general election now - here’s how to sign the petition

NationalWorld launches petition calling for immediate general election

One of the four posters created by The Labour Party (Photo: The Labour Party)

Labour Party launch fresh attack on Conservatives in poster campaign

'Some people have been quick to say that politicians are all the same, but Keir Starmer is proving them wrong. He is a man of integrity and honesty.' Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Labour lead: latest polling would equate to 346 seat majority

Leader of the Labour party Clement Attlee (L) and members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour party Harold Wilson (C) and Barbara Castle (R) leave Transport house, on March 30, 1955 after the Committee had decided against the expulsion of Aneurin Bevan. (Photo by - / United Press Photos / AFP) / France ONLY (Photo credit should read -/AFP via Getty Images)

Labour party conference in Morecambe 70 years ago

Martin Lewis shares tip on how to find the cheapest petrol and diesel prices nea...

County Councillor Janice Hanson.

Tributes flood in for Morecambe councillor who has passed away

The three parties contesting all of the seats up for grabs at the Preston City Council elections on 5th May, as represented by (from left to right): Labour group and current council leader Matthew Brown, Conservative opposition group leader Sue Whittam and Liberal Democrat group leader John Potter

Preston City Council local elections 2022: Here's why the different parties say ...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Shadow Levelling up Secretary Lisa Nandy chat to a worker at What More

VIDEO: Sir Keir Starmer says 'we've turned the Labour party inside out' on Burnl...

Electric vehicles charging point

New homes in England required to have EV charging points from next year

Boris Johnson's government has drafted a Labour motion to ban second jobs as paid lobbyists. (Credit: Getty)

MPs back government’s ‘watered down’ plans on second jobs

Government figures reveal that participation in extra curricular activities amongst children is in decline.

MP for West Lancashire criticises government as extracurricular activities in sc...

Rachel Stirling and Anna Maxwell Martin starred in ITV’s Hollington Drive. Picture: ITV/WEST ROAD PICTURES

Review: ITV's Hollington Drive started off slowly, but by the end got more tense...

Preston City Council leader Matthew Brown

Preston leader welcomes Sir Keir TUC speech - but pushes Labour Party to go "a l...

Michelle in Avenham Park, Preston

"If it wasn't for Lancashire Women, my son wouldn't have a mum" says Preston wom...

Susanna Reid grilled Tony Blair on the Iraq War (ITV)

Watch as Susanna Reid confronts Tony Blair on Iraq War invasion

Socially-distanced vote-counters at work at the Guild Hall

Preston City Council elections 2021 - final result

Outgoing Mayor Herbert Rhodes hands the staff of office to William Beckett in November, 1946. Also present are past mayor Alderman Margaret Pimblett and at far left, the Town Clerk, W Lockley

History of town hall elections in Preston

Lancashire County Council's elections take place on 6th May

Every Lancashire County Council candidate in the Fylde and Wyre districts at the...