Toxic seepage: Cuadrilla’s original drilling site at Preece Hall Farm (photo taken before site was shut down) Last Thursday Lancashire County Council considered the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) on Lancashire’s […]
NW Green Party election report plans a future in Renewable Energy jobs
NW Green Party Euro-candidate Peter Cranie The North West Green Party launched its European and local election campaign this week with the release a new report on the region’s renewable […]
Local Greens back national call to scrap HS2 plan
Some of the Green Party’s North West candidates in the May 2014 European elections at Manchester Piccadilly on Tuesday: Lancaster’s Gina Dowding, Peter Cranie, Laura Bannister and Kake Welsh. Photo: […]
Greens’ anger as Heysham M6 Link Road gets go ahead
The local Green Party has condemned the government’s decision to press ahead with the Heysham M6 Link Road, arguing it will not solve Lancaster’s traffic problems, will add extra traffic […]
Planned council tax benefits cuts attack on ‘working poor’
Gina Dowding Lancaster Green Party co-ordinator Gina Dowding, has called for Council Tax discounts on empty and second homes to be scrapped to help make up the shortfall in Government […]
Spending Cuts Crisis: Get To London for 26 March
Lancastrians packed into Lancaster Town Hall to hear RMT leader Bob Crow, Right to Work speaker Chris Banbury and Green Party member Gina Dowding speaking about the spending cuts on […]
Bob Crow to Speak on Cuts at Lancaster Public Meeting
Bob Crow, plain-speaking leader of the UK’s fastest-growing labour organisation, the National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers (RMT), will be speaking about the government spending cuts at a […]
Tories Gain Lancaster and Morecambe – eventually.
The Conservative Party has gained the parliamentary seats of Lancaster & Fleetwood and Morecambe & Lunesdale with majorities over Labour of 333 and 866 votes respectively. With the counts only […]
TheyWorkForYou interviews local Election Candidates
Democracy site TheyWorkForYou has posted a Question and Answer feature with local candidates for the Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency, challenging them on their views on various local matters such as […]
BBC: Boundary Changes Put Labour Ahead in Lancaster & Fleetwood
A BBC analysis of the 2005 General Election vote of the electorate in the new constituency of Lancaster and Fleetwood reveals a potential win for Labour’s prospective candidate Clive Grunshaw. […]