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Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey delivers his Budget speech in the House of Commons.

Lancashire mayor plans backed in budget

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

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

County Cllr Joel Tetlow, who now sits on Lancashire County Council representing Accrington North

Lancashire councillor accused of 'ableist' Stevie Wonder comparison

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

Nigel Farage in Hyndburn on Friday

Nigel Farage sidesteps question about Lancashire council's 'Fartgate'

Nigel Swales was admitted to the Labour group on Lancashire County Council after leaving Reform UK - but only because he met the party's criteria

Labour reveals type of Reform defectors it would consider amid by-election call

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

‘It’s about fairness’: Reform council quits refugee role amid ‘xenophobia’ row

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

Death of Ann Widdecombe now a murder inquiry

Ann Widdecombe

Former Burnley MP contender Ann Widdecombe dies aged 78

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'

New town councillor Gavin Kelly, who says he sees his role as apolitical

Reform UK member joins council, politics barred

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

Liberal Democrat opposition group leader John Potter (right) will challenge long-serving Labour council leader Matthew Brown for the job of running the authority

Preston City Council's Labour leader to face Lib Dem challenge for the top job
The authority votes for its leader at the first meeting after the local elections.
Paul Faulkner

Tyson Fury

Tyson Fury 'offered chance to become Mayor of Lancashire by Reform UK'

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

Lancashire County Council inspected the Buckshaw potholes but concluded "no work is required at this time.”

Drivers 'let down' after Council say no to pothole repairs on roundabout

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

Disabled priority parking space in car park.

Motability users hit by new charges

Helen Voegt asks her question at Council Forum

Reform UK raises 'family voting' concerns ahead of local elections

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

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
A Lancashire county councillor who was suspended by Reform UK over messages he sent on WhatsApp has been readmitted to the party.
Paul Faulkner

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

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

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

Chorley Council leader Alistair Bradley says it was right to make the case for calling off the borough’s elections this year

'This is why I didn't want elections in Chorley this year', leader explains

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

Reform UK councillor Stephen Thompson does not believe he would have been assaulted if he had been representing another party

I knocked, said I was Reform - and was called a fascist and almost shoved over

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’

South Ribble Borough Councillor Mathew Forshaw has joined Reform UK.

South Ribble Borough Councillor defects to Reform

Penwortham War Memorial and Coun David Howarth

"It's insulting" - row as councillor slams Reform over memorial plans

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

Cllr Stephen Thompson becomes Preston City Council's first Reform member

Preston politician defects to Reform UK: 'The other parties haven't got any idea...

L: Burnley MP Oliver Ryan of Labour. R: Lancashire County CouncilLor for Burnley Central West division Liam Thomson, of Reform UK.

Lancashire MP & Reform councillor in online spat over asylum housing

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