On Wednesday night Lancaster City Council voted 33-13 to preserve council tax benefit levels for all claimants in the face … Continue reading Lancaster’s support scheme will protect all council tax benefit claimants, say Greens
(Updated 19/1/13): Green Party councillor Jon Barry has learned from a hospital source that plans are well advanced to drastically … Continue reading Major service cuts ahead at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary?
City Councillors will consider a new scheme to replace Council Tax Benefit at a specially convened meeting of Full Council … Continue reading New scheme to replace Council Tax Benefit to be considered
Councillor Abbott Bryning says the recently-announced Local Government Finance Settlementis another blow to the Council’s finances There was grim news … Continue reading City Council considers options after £170,000 cut announced in funding
Labour’s Clive Grunshaw – the only candidate for the post who was a serving member of the existing Lancashire Police … Continue reading Labour’s Clive Grunshaw elected Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire
Which public services are most important to your family? Local people are being urged to have their say on which … Continue reading Local public services consult on family services
This Saturday at Lancaster’s Yorkshire House (Sept 29th), don’t miss a night of anti cuts folk featuring Robb Johnson, Chris … Continue reading Robb Johnson headlines major anti-cuts concert at The Yorkie
Gina Dowding Lancaster Green Party co-ordinator Gina Dowding, has called for Council Tax discounts on empty and second homes to … Continue reading Planned council tax benefits cuts attack on ‘working poor’
Members of the public who need to visit a Police Station front counter to make an enquiry can look forward … Continue reading Police public counters set to close, but service will be better, Lancashire Constabulary claims
Tenants are quitting Lancaster’s Storey Creative Industries Centre because of a rise in service charges. The Lancaster Guardian reports bosses … Continue reading Storey Centre in crisis as rent rises hit home
