Local Democracy Reporting Service

The holder of Lancashire County Council's purse strings, Alan Vincent, has dismissed claims by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage that the authority is in financial trouble

Tories rubbish Farage 'bankruptcy' claim amid council's £100k-a-day debt row

Nigel Farage at the Parbold Bottle statue in West Lancashire (image credit: Stuart Mitchell)

Nigel Farage visits Lancashire: here's how he was greeted and what he had to say

The elections to Lancashire County Council take place on 1st May

YOUR chance to put the politicians on the spot in big Lancashire election debate

The pay of Lancashire County Council's top earners has been revealed

All the Lancs County Council staff earning over £100K - and what it costs you

All of Lancashire's 15 councils are set to be abolished - but how many new authorities should replace them?

Lancashire council shake-up proposal 'will not suggest specific mergers'

Local government minister Jim McMahon says Lancashire will be better off for a shake-up of its councils (image: UK Parliament)

Lancs taxpayers' cash wasted on too many councils, minister says ahead of cull

Mark Wynn, the new chief executive of Lancashire County Council

County Council's new chief executive given the thumbs up by members

Council tax bills are set to increase from April

Council tax: here's how much you'll pay after county council's planned hike

Some of the current Lancashire County Council minibuses used for school transport - part of a fleet that will be bolstered this autumn

County's staggering school transport bill - and what is being done to reduce it

Mark Wynn has been the interim chief executive of Lancashire County Council for six months - and is now poised to get the job permanently

Here's how much the new boss of the county council will be earning

Will the NHS in Lancashire - and its patients - feel the benefit of an increase in public health spending?

Extra public health cash will 'cut waiting times in Lancashire'

Is an elected mayor the best person to fly the flag for Lancashire's interests? The government thinks so. (image: Adobe Stock)

Lancashire mayor moves a step closer - and new devolved county authority is born

Here's how many Lancashire hospital staff have had their flu and Covid vaccines

Defects like this have cost Lancashire County Council a pretty penny

Here's how much compensation for pothole damage has been paid out in Lancashire

Lancashire looks set still to go to the polls in May 2025 - in spite of major council changes being on the horizon

What the plan to scrap the county council means for next year's local elections

Chorley Council leader Alistair Bradley and the leader of Wyre Council, Michael Vincent, are different sides of the the divide over the future of local government in Lancashire

Death of local government - or exciting opportunity? Council shake-up split

Historic names are set to disappear from the local government map in Lancashire

Every council in Lancashire set to be scrapped - just not yet

Serife Mehmet, 30, said she has often wished to move away from the area due to the extent of the rubbish

Revolting rubbish and nightmare potholes are making my car filthy

The huge mountain of rubbish has built up at a property in Dalkeith Street

Disgusting mountain of rubbish attracting rats and plaguing street

The Lancashire council map could soon be radically redrawn

‘Let the people decide’: call for Lancs referendum over council scrappage plan

Lancashire County Council members get £2,000 a year to hand out to local community groups

More than £120K of Lancashire community funding so far unaccounted for

Some Lancashire bus users say their lives are dictated by the lack of services

I have to wait in a library all day for my kids to finish school thanks to buses

Lancashire County Council is developing new facilities for the children in its care

Locations revealed for new children's homes providing 'better outcomes for kids'

Is Lancashire's patchwork of potholes going to become less prevalent?

'Long-lasting' pothole repairs promised for Lancs after success of new technique

Will the changes to winter fuel allowance affect how residents decide to heat their homes in the coming months?

Winter fuel allowance cut: here's how many Lancaster pensioners will lose out

Lancaster City Council meeting at Morecambe Town Hall.

'Naked and threatening man' frightens residents at Lancaster retirement homes

Does Lancashire need its own Andy Burnham to fly the flag for the county?

New government ‘wants Lancashire to have an Andy Burnham-style elected mayor’

Angie Ridgwell will hand over the reins at the top of Lancashire County Council to Mark Wynn, who will become acting chief executive

New boss for Lancashire County Council - before the current one has even left

Lancashire County Council has revealed the budgetary pressures it faced during the last financial year

School transport and children's services put council budget under pressure

Will Lancashire's devolution deal remain intact now there is a new government - and what could come in its place?

Council leaders say it's time for a Lancashire mayor

Covid vaccine boosters are now available privately - but NHS and public health leaders in Lancashiee have been silent on the subject

'Don't ask us': NHS and public health silence over private Covid booster

Parts of Lancashire are under pressure for school places - and some pupils are missing out altogether

Over 1,000 Lancashire kids are 'missing' from school

An example of the 'blobbing' technique of pothole-filling - but will repairs like this last?

Anger at claim Lancashire has returned to 'disastrous' way of filling potholes

Some of Lancashire's Long Covid patients - [clockwise from left] Melanie, Miriam and Alissa

'Long Covid left me housebound': Lancashire sufferers tell their stories

At the signing of Lancashire's devolution deal at Lancaster Castle in November: [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 after the devolution deal was signed at Lancaster Castle (image: Martin Bostock Photography)

Lancashire residents and businesses back long-awaited county devolution deal

Beacon Fell would have been bespoiled by the mast, local authority planners concluded (image: Tom Pooley/Lancashire Creators)

Phone mast plan rejected over 'significant harm' to Lancashire landmark

Joanna Sebborn hopes her mocked-up mast is the closest Beacon Fell ever comes to seeing the real thing (images: Tom Pooley/Lancashire Creators [main image] Paul Faulkner [inset])

'A ruddy mast would ruin it': fury at plans for beloved Lancashire beauty spot

Assumptions have been made about how much Lancashire County Council will increase its council tax bills in the the years ahead - but nothing is certain until members decide

Five percent council tax rise ‘assumed’ by county council for next three years

Eight district councils gave a resounding 'no' when Lancashire County Council asked if they would like on-street pay and display machines in their area

Pay and display rethink after districts say they do not want on-street machines

Social care is under pressure across both adult and children's services

Here's how much Lancashire will get from government cash boost for social care

Leslie Eastham (left) has found friends at his local warm hub

How Lancashire's warm hubs are providing friendship as well as as sanctuary

Lancashire preparing to lead the way in cyber defence as ‘one of the good guys’

Does Lancashire need better bus services?

How Lancashire plans to spend 'unexpected' £7m on the county's bus network

Is Lancashire finally on the cusp of a devolution deal?

Lancashire devolution explained: what does it mean and how will it work?

A Lancashire teacher says that soaring absence rates could be reduced by air filters in every class

'End the hotbed of disease in schools': call for clean air in classrooms

The rate of hospital discharge delays is down, but some people are still not leaving the wards as soon as they should

The most common reasons for hospital discharge delays across Lancashire

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