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Local election results IN FULL: county council winners and losers

Will Lancashire residents still get the services and representation they are used to once the county's 15 councils are cut down to just three or four?

Warning 'nice-to-have' services at risk if Lancashire councils slashed

Nisha is currently a Senior Psychologist and aspires to become a Principal Psychologist involved in policy development in the future.

Lancashire prison psychologist urges other to join her in helping to reduce reof...

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

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

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

Pendle Council has put its cards on the table to the government

One Lancs council sends government specific demand over local authority shake-up

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

Burnley College hosting a school visit as part of Lancashire Cyber Education Week

Burnley pupils and students get hands-on with latest cyber technologies

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

With his cap at a jaunty angle, Lawrence Dunnagan poses for a wartime
photograph.

'They moulded my imagination and moral outlook'

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

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

NHS Collective Bank

The staggering sum the NHS has saved thanks to this staffing scheme

What future for Lancashire's 15 councils?

Bid to abolish every council in Lancashire and bring in an elected mayor

Checks are being carried out across Lancashire to ensure the dignity of the dead is being preserved

Here's what was discovered when inspectors visited Lancashire’s funeral homes

Finding a takeaway is no problem in most parts of Lancashirte - but how many of them are in some areas just might be (images: Pexels)

These are the places in Lancashire that have the most takeaways

Lisa Sourbutts, Cube HR

‘Don’t miss out on Burnley funded support’ says fast growing business owner

Football is one of Alfie's passions and he has a lot of scarves from all over the world

Teenager with life limiting disorder lives in the best-insulated house

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Sewage spill duration caused by United Utilities increases

Lancashire's devolution deal has been a long time coming - but now it's done, what will it actually mean for residents?

What is Lancashire devolution and what does it mean for council tax bills?

[Clockwise from left]: Chorley Council leader Alistair Bradley, Burnley Council leader Afrasiab Anwar and the leader of Preston City Council, Matthew Brown

From optimism to betrayal: Lancashire leaders respond to devolution deal

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 East Lancs pensioners will lose out

Cllr Stephen Atkinson says Ribble Valley residents must have the final say over the future of the council that serves them

Residents will get referendum over whether council is abolished

Lancashire in devolution deadlock - again - as local leaders clash over deal

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

Maternity

Lancashire hospital trusts pay out £97m for childbirth failings

Forward Thinking - West Lancashire launches with visionary leader Keith McMurtri...

Forward Thinking - West Lancashire Launches with Visionary Leader Keith McMurtrie

Forward Thinking - West Lancashire Launches with Visionary Leader Keith McMurtri...

The YouGov poll has given a snapshot of how Lancashire residents might vote in a month's time

Lancs election poll predictions are in - and it's not good news for the Tories

The signing of Lancashire's devolution deal in November - but has the election turned the smiles to uncertainty? [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 (image: Martin Bostock Photography)

General election derails Lancashire's devolution deal at the eleventh hour

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These are the exotic and 'dangerous' animals being kept in Lancashire

The pothole that County Cllr John Fillis was told had been filled in after he reported it - but which was still blighting the road days later

Lancashire pothole reporting app 'wrongly claimed problem had been fixed'

Levelling Up Minister Jacob Young MP with Lancashire's long-awaited devolution deal

Two thirds of Lancashire's districts call for devolution delay and 'review'

[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)

'Milestone' moment at Lancaster Castle sees Lancashire devolution deal signed

Is Lancashire finally on the cusp of a devolution deal?

Lancashire devolution deal proposal published as part of autumn statement

UK's richest Gypsy not surprised travellers likely to suffer bad health

The average Ribble Valley house price in July was £279,587

Ribble Valley house prices increased more than North West average in July

House prices have dropped in Burnley, according to latest figures.

Burnley house prices dropped slightly in July

The average Burnley house price in May was £110,738

Burnley house prices fall

The Wedding Dress Repair Shop by Trisha Ashley

The Wedding Dress Repair Shop by Trisha Ashley: book review

Gritters ready to hit Lancashire’s roads as temperatures set to plummet overnight

Gritters ready to hit roads as temperatures set to plummet overnight

A tranche of the additional road repair funding for Lancashire has already been set aside for surface dressing work

Extra £5m of pothole and road repair cash en route to Lancashire

County Cllrs Aidy Riggott, cabinet member for economic development and growth, and Azhar Ali, Labour opposition group leader

Lancashire snubbed for Investment Zone amid warning about devolution delay