Lancashire County Council

Some Lancashire families are not getting the help they need for youngsters with special needs as soon as they should

'Do I have to get my child sectioned before you'll help me?'

More than 98.7% of Lancashire children starting primary school in September 2025 have been offered a place at one of their three preferred primary schools

Wait is over as parents discover primary school places for September

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

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch came to the Fylde/Preston border for a local election campaign stop

'Trust us', Tory leader Kemi Badenoch tells Lancashire voters on visit

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

Burnley Council.

Burnley Express reader's letter | Council 'scrambling to set off the PR spin'

Lancashire's politicians will be debating the big issues to help you to decide who to vote for on 1st May

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

Lancashire County Council's local elections will take place on 1st May

Complete list of East Lancs candidates standing in 'last ever' county elections

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

The land for the proposed cemetery off Halifax Road, Nelson

Residents air concerns over plans for new cemetery

HSF7

Burnley Council to Consider Seventh Round of Household Support Fund

Register to vote

Days left to register your vote in the county council elections

Padiham foster carer Julie Fish has looked after over 50 children

Meet the Padiham foster carer who has given a home to over 50 children

Fifteen to...one, two, three, four or five? Lancashire's councils can't agree how many of them there should be in future (images: National World/Google)

Why it could cost MORE money to replace Lancashire's 15 councils with just four

Longstanding Lancashire council areas - including the historic county council - are set to disappear. But what should replace them? (image: Oliver Ryan)

Lancs council leaders agree abolition plan - by leaving all options on the table

Young people with special needs in Lancashire are not always getting what they need when they need it

'Resign': call for senior Lancs councillor to quit over special needs failings

Burnley Council has accepted a £200,000 grant from Lancashire County Council to step up its anti-smoking campaign

Councillors rubber stamp £200,000 grant to help Burnley smokers quit the habit

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'

Celebration day for participants on Two Zero's Women Scaling Up programme

Lancashire scaleup sector outperforms UK stats as support service celebrates fif...

Nelson Town Hall. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

Councillor: cutting benefits 'will cause mental and financial problems'

County Cllrs Matthew Salter and Ged Mirfin have both swapped the Conservative Party for Reform UK

Lancashire Tories hit with double defection to Reform

Dragon design by Sarah Mae Francis (https://sarahmaeart.co.uk/)

We want dragons in Towneley Park

Celebrate Eid Ul Fitr as a community

Unpaid Carers Eid Ul Fitr celebration

Burnley Council is to authorise spending £200,000 on anti-smoking drive as town as one of highest rates for smokers in Lancashire

Health 'champions' part of £200,000 campaign to help Burnley smokers quit

Lancashire's new Combined County Authority has been established to deliver the area's long-awaited devolution deal

‘Momentous moment' for Lancs as new authority starts work - promising prudence

Roads in Burnley, Pendle and the Ribble Valley are set to be resurfaced

The local roads set to benefit from £61m. resurfacing works

Tens of millions more in funding is being poured into Lancashire's potholes this year

Potholes: here are all the roads in East Lancashire to be resurfaced this year

Iain Duncan, Account Manager, Rosebud.

Rosebud appoints Iain Duncan as Account Manager to support Lancashire SMEs throu...

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

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner dropped a devolution surprise for Lancashire at the Convention of the North 2025 in Preston

Lancashire will have an elected mayor by May 2026, Deputy PM indicates

Readers' letters: The government's proposal that the whole country, and towns including Burnley, should be served by single-tier authorities would mean councillors would be responsible for much larger areas while being unlikely to have the same level of local knowledge as now

Readers' letters: Government's unity authority plan a mistake

Lancashire County Council says it will invest £45m more over the next three years to reduce the number of roads that look like this

'Potholes are the people's priority': £45m windfall for Lancashire's roads

Mark Wynn, the new chief executive of Lancashire County Council

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

County Hall, Preston

Readers' letter: 'County council expenses outrageous as children being let down'

Pendle and Clitheroe MP Jonathan Hinder

Poorer Burnley and Pendle homes paying more council tax than wealthy Kensington

Burnley Express readers' letters: Politicians blame each other as Burnley people face biggest counci tax rises in country

Readers' letters: Burnley faces some of biggest council tax bills in country

Assessments of people who need support in their own homes are sometimes not happening for at least a month

Delays in care assessments due to staff being 'rarer than rocking horse dung'

Council tax bills are set to increase from April

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

School is not currently part of the daily routine for more than 900 Lancashire children

Concern over how many Lancashire kids are 'missing' from school

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

Lancashire County Council says its national insurance bill will rise by £11m from April

Lancashire 'shortchanged by £3m' over national insurance rise

Andy Bell with one of Hartley Square's stone balls where paving has sunk, exposing electrical fittings

Warning of 'trip hazard' town centre decorations

Young people with special needs in Lancashire are not always getting what they need when they need it

'Left waiting years': Lancs kids in limbo as they await diagnosis and support

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'

Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

Independent councillors call for inquiry into axing of free shuttle bus