Lib Dems

General Election 2024: Burnley has a new MP as seat turns red

[Clockwise from bottom] Liberal Democrats celebrate local election success, Tory leader Sue Whittam wants a general election and Cllr Matthew Brown, right of picture with Cllr Siraz Natha, pledges Labour will continue to tackle inequalities

Preston Tory leader calls for general election after local poll drubbing

Clothes hanging in shop Picture: Getty

Lib Dems want 1p tax on every new item of clothing

Cllr Paul Foster basking in a rare Labour majority in South Ribble

Labour put historic South Ribble victory down to 'being in touch'

A reader writes about the Amersham by-election

Readers' letters: Lib Dems in Amersham win

This is how the world's newspapers and websites reported the UK election result

Election night: The key results, hour by hour

General Election 2019: Tories tax cut promises labelled ‘pure fantasy’

General Election 2019 briefing: what to expect from Labour's manifesto launch

Chorley Lib Dems general election candidate, Paul Valentine

Lib Dems select their candidate for Chorley ahead of the next general election

Two deputy chiefs at South Ribble Borough Council on special leave will look for new 'opportunities elsewhere'

Two deputy chiefs at South Ribble Borough Council on ‘special leave’ will look f...

A polling station sign

Voters head to the polls for Farington West by-election following death of popul...

Councillor Graham Walton died in April a week before the May 2 local elections

Candidates announced for by-election following the death of a popular councillor...

Paul Foster is the new leader of South Ribble Council

Labour leader takes charge at South Ribble Council - but wrangles with the oppos...

Sir Vince Cable

'Silent majority will speak out in European elections'

Group leaders David Howarth (Lib Dem), Paul Foster (Lab) and Margaret Smith (Conservative)

Can South Ribble's party leaders work together now the council is in no overall ...
South Ribble Borough Council has fallen into no overall control following the local elections.
Paul Faulkner

Labour now holds 22 seats on Burnley Council

Burnley Borough Council elections 2019: Labour loses council majority

Who will get a seat at Preston City Council?

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2019 LIVE: Labour victorious as it remains at the helm of Presto...

Preston Market

Readers' letters - March 16

Readers' letters - July 31

Damien Moore has become the MP for Southport

Preston City Councillor wins Southport seat

Polls have now closed

Buckle up! You could be heading back to the polls this year

Plans for garden waste collections in South Ribble

Garden waste charge on the way

Patients were left waiting in ambulances for more than two hours

Patient faced 7-hour wait in an ambulance

LEP Columnist Barry Freeman

Westminster bubble? An entertaining soap

Lib Dems make ground as Labour retain control in Burnley