Cat Smith

Lizzi Collinge MP (Morecambe and Lunesdale, Labour) in the House of Commons Chamber.

MPs vote against government plans for cuts to benefits

Joanne Shields, Lancaster branch manager (far left), Cat Smith MP (centre) and Dave Smith, Yorkshire Building Society retail agency network manager (far right) with branch colleagues at Yorkshire Building Society's Lancaster branch.

Yorkshire Building Society shows commitment as agency converts to branch

Lancaster MP Cat Smith.

£4.3m government cash boost will help keep our hospitals safe

Cat Smith MP for Lancaster and Wyre

Cat Smith MP: Reflects on VE Day and Local Elections!

Cat Smith and Girlguiding leaders. Photo credit: Duolingo 2025

MP wins £10,000 for Lancaster and Garstang Girlguiding

Cat Smith MP completed her third London Marathon.

MP completes her third London Marathon and raises £1k for hospitals charity

Lancaster and Wyre Labour MP Cat Smith with supporters of Bay Hospitals Charity who she is raising vital funds for by running the London Marathon.

MP takes on London Marathon 2025

Cat Smith speaking in Parliament this week.

MP highlights city housing crisis in Parliament speech

Dr Michael Lambert.

Academic helps fight for apology for women forced to give up babies

Eight-four seats will be up for grabs - likely for the final time - when elections are held for Lancashire County Council in May

County council elections WILL go ahead - even though the authority is being axed

Will Lancashire get a mayor to fly the flag for the county on the national stage? (image: Adobe Stock)

What an elected mayor would mean for Lancashire

Paul Cusimano.

Businesses come together for meeting to help during current economic climate

Cat Smith MP pictured outside the RLI. Photo by Phillip Black

New hospital gets government funding and here's where it will be built

Lizzi Collinge MP.

MP to hold climate change walk and talk

Cat Smith MP cuts the ribbon at the new Changing Places toilet at Lancaster railway station.

MP officially opens new Changing Places toilet at railway station

Representatives from Historic England and Lancaster City Council reps with Cat Smith MP and developer Pete Mercer outside Stonewell Spring.

MP joins residents and business owners to celebrate £2m revamp of city centre

Around 10 farmers met the MP for Lancaster and Wyre and impressed on her what farm businesses need to continue to grow and rear high quality, traceable and sustainable food.

MP holds talks with farmers to discuss industry issues

The Royal Lancaster Infirmary is spread over a number of buildings that have been developed on the site since the first of them opened all the way back in 1896 (image: Lancashire and South Cumbria New Hospitals Programme)

Government to make decision on new Royal Lancaster Infirmary

New MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale Lizzi Collinge gives first speech in the House of Commons.

MP bigs up ‘golden sands and stunning sunsets’ of Morecambe Bay in speech

Sir Lindsay Hoyle speaks to MPs as he accepts the role of Speaker, who is responsible for the Commons debates at the Palace of Westminster, London

MPs re-elect Sir Lindsay Hoyle as Commons Speaker

The ballot papers are being counted in Ashton Hall and another room in Lancaster town hall.

Waiting game until election results are announced

Lancaster Town Hall. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

A quick reminder of election candidates as voting day dawns

Peter Cartridge is the Conservative Party candidate for Lancaster and Wyre.

General Election 2024: Lancaster & Wyre candidates have their say

Clockwise from top left: The Bishop of Blackburn, Revd Philip North; Peter Cartridge, Conservative party candidate for Lancaster and Wyre; Cat Smith, Labour party candidate for Lancaster and Wyre and Matthew Severn, Liberal Democrat Party candidate for Lancaster and Wyre.

Election candidates 'disappointed' over church leader comments

St Thomas' Church, Lancaster

Lancaster General Election Hustings

Lancaster will be declared a Swift City on June 7.

Lancaster set to be declared a 'Swift City' in move to protect endangered birds

The mobile phone mast on the chimney at the former A1 Supa Skips site in Lancaster has been fixed after a year of being inactive.

'It's finally fixed': thousands of residents get mobile phone coverage back

Lancaster and Fleetwood MP Cat Smith is backing Labours new commitment to get local train services back on track by supporting plans to overhaul Britain’s broken railways.

MP backs plans to put railways into public ownership

Phillip Black at Lancaster City Council. Pic: Robbie MacDonald LDRS.

Environment Agency has ‘questions to answer’ after devastating fire

The blaze at the former Supa Skips site broke out on December 3 2023.

Council claws back Government cash to halve £1.4m fire bill

A smaller boat enters Glasson Marina through a lock connecting from Glasson Dock.

Troubled port in 'fight for survival'

Barclays in Lancaster is closing and a new 'cashless' service is being launched for customers.

Major bank closing at end of April and new ‘cashless’ service being launched

Representatives from 20 local organisations signed a letter to share love and solidarity with refugees in the Lancaster district.

City sends Valentine’s message to local refugees in call for a fair new plan

Opening of new Oncology and Haematology Unit at Royal Lancaster Infirmary. MP Cat Smith opens the ward with Mayor Roger Dennison.

Moving moment as mayor opens new Oncology Unit after surviving cancer

Lancaster MP Cat Smith has asked for people's views on the cost of living crisis.

City MP asks for cost of living feedback ahead of Budget

The scene of the large fire in Lancaster which involved 30,000 tonnes of industrial waste. Pockets of fire are still being uncovered at the site by waste removal teams.

Pockets of fire STILL being uncovered weeks after large blaze extinguished

Dumped trolleys in the River Lune are an eyesore.

Supermarket in talks with MP as pressure mounts to rid river of dumped trolleys

The fire at the former Supaskips site in Lancaster is finally extinguished after over three weeks.

Major fire in city finally extinguished after three weeks

Dumped trolleys in the River Lune are an eyesore.

Lancaster MP steps in after seeing shocking state of Lancaster river

Peter Cartridge.

Conservatives choose teacher to stand for Lancaster and Wyre at general election

MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood Cat Smith with scientist Dr Katherine Ellsworth-Krebs at Parliament to lobby for action on the climate emergency.

Scientist meets local MP in Parliament to lobby for action on climate emergency

Lancaster Railway Station ticket office will remain open.

Plans to close rail ticket offices scrapped as Government does U-turn

Lancaster University Management School.

Uni ‘going global’ to enhance student education around the world

Cat Smith, MP, with members of staff and a young patient on the day of the judging.

Young Children’s Ward patients impress MP with their art work

Alan Morris, Sarah Galloway and Rachel Tribbick of Assembly Arts.

New artists' hub moves into historic city home

Lancaster Railway Station.

Lancaster railway station ticket office could close under Avanti plans

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