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

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

Chorley Council leader Alistair Bradley is hoping a rethink over the way housing targets are calculated

'Don't forget how many houses Chorley has already built before asking for more'

[Clockwise from top left]: Cllr Alistair Bradley (Labour leader of Chorley Council), Jenny Hurley (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Cllr Alan Cullens (Conservative opposition group leader) and Olga Gomez-Cash (Chorley Green Party).

The Big Chorley Election Debate: borough politicians on the issues that matter

Could Ulnes Walton Lane really cope with the HGVs needed to build the proposed new prison? (image: Google)

'Up to 200 HGVs a day' will use country lane to build new prison

A proposed mini-roundabout at the junction of the A581 Southport Road and Ulnes Walton Lane has been a point of contention in the Ulnes Walton prison plans (image: Google)

New prison roundabout plan 'safer than existing junction', inquiry told

Chorley Council leader Alistair Bradley has long argued the borough should be considered a special case when it comes to housing numbers

'We can't build another Buckshaw': plea to let Chorley off planning naughty step

Revised plans for a mini-roundabout at the junction of the A581 Southport Road and Ulnes Walton Lane proved contentious at the reopened public inquiry (image: Google)

Safety fears over mini-roundabout 'with too many exits’ for new prison

Nigel Evans MP with members of Persimmon

MP visits new homes taking shape in Lancashire

Michael Gove has stepped in and made a huge - albeit temporary - change to the planning system in Chorley

Fury as government allows builders to bypass council over new homes permission

The rural lanes of Penwortham could one day look very different

Fury as government approves 1,100 new homes - after councillors rejected them

The rural lanes of Penwortham could one day look very different

Fury as government approves 1,100 new homes - after councillors rejected them

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

The future of the Bee Lane area of Penwortham lies in the government's hands

Pickering's Farm appeal result delay as residents await decision on 1,100 homes

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

The Brick Veil Mosque will be able to accommodate 248 prayer mats and associated worshippers - and is much needed by the lcoal Muslim community, it was argued at last year's public inquiry (image: RIBA)

'Waste of money': what the Preston 'super mosque' inquiry cost the city council
The public inquiry into the building of a new mosque in Broughton cost Preston City Council almost £20,000 in legal fees alone, the Lancashire Post can reveal.
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The government has decided that a new mosque can be built alongside the M55 in Preston (image: RIBA)

Preston 'super mosque' gets the go-ahead after "compelling" case

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

An artist's impression of the Eden Project North site in Morecambe.

Eden Project Morecambe gets £50m government funding green light

The new coal mine in Cumbria (West Cumbria Mining)

First new UK coal mine in 30 years given approval by ministers

How the landmark Brick Veil Mosque would look if it were built at the Broughton roundabout (image: RIBA)

Mosque inquiry is about 'planning, not religion', say politicians amid tensions

How the new mosque may look at the Broughton interchange

Call for respect in debate over new Preston mosque

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

The future of the bucolic Bee Lane now lies in the government's hands, with a minister set to decide whether or not to approve plans for 1,100 homes

Government to decide appeal over plans for 1,100 homes in South Ribble

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

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Guild Hall, Harris and Preston City Hall

Lancashire short-changed after Brexit, claim advocates for the north
The Conservative Government has broken its promise to Lancashire to match EU cash lost to the regions after Brexit, it has been claimed.
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The goverment will have the final say over whether the planned mosque in Broughton becomes part of the local landscape

Preston 'motorway mosque': This is when the public inquiry will begin

The 12-metre high mosque will have a 30-metre tall minaret

Preston 'super mosque' plan could be derailed by government intervention

How the Eden Project North might look.

Eden bosses to submit Morecambe funding bid through Levelling Up scheme

Boris Johnson at Blackpool Transport Depot

24 pictures as Prime Minister Boris Johnson pays visit to Blackpool

Minister for Levelling Up Michael Gove leaves a media studio following an interview on February 2 in London. Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images

Michael Gove promises to help deliver Eden Project in Morecambe

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...

Architects say the building would dominate the skyline.

Village super mosque plans face stiff opposition from community

Councils say they are powerless to stop phone masts going up.

Are phone masts the 'ugly side' of 5G?

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

Two jabs offer little protection against Omicron - but boosters up to 75% effect...

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

This is what the PM will say today on testing, travel and vaccine passports, and...

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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Readers' letters: Sign petition to ban bee pesticide

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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