Councillor Chris Coates After confirmation that the Labour Party will not cancel £83 million of Conservative Party cuts to the national Arts budget made in recent years, local Green Party […]
Local MPs accused of sending seasonal message of ill-will and bad cheer
Councillor Chris Coates Lancaster Green Councillor Chris Coates has condemned local MPs for voting not to investigate the increased use of food banks in the UK. Eric Ollerenshaw As we […]
Market Closure to go ahead after years of poor policy decisions
Although Lancaster City councillors voted in favour of the closure of Lancaster Market on Wednesday, it was a decision taken by some with the greatest reluctance, according to Green Party […]
Lancaster University gets go ahead for Wind Turbine
(Updated 6/4/11): Lancaster University’s planning application to build a wind turbine was yesterday granted approval by the City Council’s planning committee, following impassioned arguments both for and against from members […]
Green councillors urge Lancaster prison closure rethink
Green councillors have reacted angrily to the announcement last week that Lancaster prison is to close. The government announced that the Category C mens’ prison at Lancaster Castle would close […]
Castle prison to close in March, says Clarke
Inside Lancaster Castle. Photo: Dave Clark (www.djclark.com), from his book A Little English City: http://amzn.to/faxDi9 Add a Caption Save CaptionCancel Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has confirmed Lancaster Castle prison, which […]
Sowden Suspended as Councillor
Councillor Keith Sowden, Lancaster City councillor for the Overton ward, will be suspended for a period of 28 days from today until 19th December and will be unable to perform […]
Which would-be MPs want to waste £140 million?
With the General Election on 6th May, local transport campaigners Transport Solutions for Lancaster and Morecambe asked the candidates in Morecambe and Lunesdale for their opinions on the Heysham M6 […]
Greens launch bid for Lancaster and Fleetwood seat
(Updated 28/3/10): Green Party general election candidate Gina Dowding will launch her campaign to win the Lancaster and Fleetwood Constituency next week with a screening of her new campaign video. […]
Local election "Waste" condemned by Liberal candidate
Harry Armistead, the Liberal Democrat candidate for John O’Gaunt in the upcoming City Council by-election, has criticised the Greens for demanding it be held separately to the general election, describing […]