The Bay Gateway has opened to traffic this afternoon (Monday 31 October 2016), linking the Heysham peninsula to the M6 at junction 34. This £140m project is the biggest new […]
Consultations on Lancashire County Council Budget Begin
County Hall – facing cuts Lancashire County Council is urging local people to have their say on how it plans to tackle the huge savings it needs to make. Over […]
Work on Heysham to M6 Link Road officially gets underway
Cheery: Ground breaking for the new road: MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood Eric Ollerenshaw, Lancaster City Council leader Eileen Blamire, City Councillor Janice Hanson, County Councillor Jenny Mein, leader of […]
County Council issues statement on bus cut climbdown
Council leader Jennifer Mein: ” The county council will still listen to residents’ views” Lancashire County Council has issued a full statement on its decision not to withdraw, wholesale, its […]
Number’s Up For County Council’s 0845 Lines
County Council chiefs have announced the forthcoming introduction of cheaper 0300 numbers to contact its services. The decision by Lancashire County Council to replace its current 0845 numbers with 0300 […]
Lancashire County Council weighs up job cut proposals
Lancashire County councillors will meet to agree how to approach making significant reductions to the authority’s workforce, in response to the latest Government funding cuts. The council expects to have […]
Try your hand at setting the Lancashire County Council budget
In an effort to shed light on the problems it faces from reduced government funding, Lancashire County Council has launched a new online budget calculator where people can create their […]
Lancashire County Council to tackle £300m budget challenge
County Council leader Jennifer Mein: “challenging” times ahead as more cuts demanded by government Lancashire County Council is to develop a four-year budget strategy to find savings worth around £300m, […]
Tory County Councillor condemns minority alliance politics
County Cllr. Alycia James Conservative County Councillor Alycia James (Lancaster Rural North) is calling for changes to be made to the way Lancashire County Council is run after Labour negotiated […]