Levelling Up

Burnley Council's Local Plan is to be reviewed

Key Burnley planning document to be reviewed

A view of Burnley.

New Burnley social housing lettings fell by almost a quarter in past decade

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Crooked Billet in Worsthorne.

This is why Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Pendle and Burnley today

Lancashire's 15 councils are finally on the same page over their devolution demands - but is the current Tory or any future Labour government in tune with them?

Labour would offer Lancashire no-strings devolution minus a mayor upfront

A landscape architect's drawing of Option 1 for the park

Brand new park for Nelson

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 18: Britain's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, leaves 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons on January 18, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Over 110 projects to benefit from government levelling up fund

The original Culvert of 1796 though this image shows the Gimlet Holes, either side, that were added in the 1890’s

Retro picture gallery on Yorkshire Street and Gunsmith Lane

Families continue to struggle to make ends meet despite Government's levelling up policy (photo: Adobe)

Queen’s Speech ‘another nail in coffin’ of Levelling Up agenda

Manchester Road railway station in Burnley

Accessibility improvements at Burnley Manchester Road railway station on track

Newtown Mill in 1984

Exciting plans to expand UCLan into empty Burnley mill

Residents of Pendle earn just £398.60 a week – just over half of what those in UK’s highest earning area, Westminster, earn.

Research reveals Pendle is one of UK’s lowest paid areas

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities figures show that 570 households in Burnley sought council support after becoming homeless between April 2020 and the end of September 2021.

Hundreds of Burnley households pushed into homelessness during pandemic

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is visiting Lancashire today ahead where he expected to address the Government's 'Levelling Up' plan for the North of England

Boris Johnson to visit Lancashire today to address 'Levelling Up'

Can Lancashire finally come together and agree a devolution proposal - and what will it get from the government in the return?

This is how many times Lancashire is mentioned in the "Levelling Up" white paper