Politics

Lancashire County Council will be asked to come up with a £1m contingency fund to prevent the closure of any of its nursery schools until the government’s long-term plans for the sector become clear.

Lancashire County Council has adopted a widely-recognised definition of anti-Semitism.

There are over 58,000 people with a blue badge parking concession in Lancashire and 30,000 residents apply each year to join them.

It will soon be illegal to park a petrol or diesel car at any of Lancashire’s on-street electric vehicle charging points - meaning motorists could be fined if they do so.

A Burnley Labour Party stalwart, awarded the MBE for her charity work, has died.

Lancashire County Council’s budget deficit is estimated to have more than halved in less than six months.

Lancashire County Council has agreed to launch a formal consultation into the future of several of its nursery schools – but has not yet named them.

Lancashire County Council's Cabinet has agreed to issue a statutory notice of its proposal to close Thomas Whitham Sixth Form in Burnley.

New Burnley MP Antony Higginbotham has welcomed a £68.6m. government investment in schools across the borough.

Burnley's new MP Antony Higginbotham welcomed Northern Powerhouse Minister and fellow East Lancashire Tory Jake Berry to the town.

The new Speaker of the House of Commons and mayors from 32 North West boroughs converged on Burnley's Crow Wood Hotel last week for what is thought to be one of the largest gathering of civic dignitaries in the UK.

The financial challenges facing Lancashire County Council’s nursery schools are “not insurmountable”, according to the authority’s cabinet member for children.