Local Councillor for Harbour Ward Ian Pattison has hailed the decision to preserve the mobility element of Disability Living Allowance. The mobility element of DLA currently amounts to £51 per […]
Thumbs up for Youth Games 2013?
Labour councillors on Lancaster City Council have given a massive thumbs up to hosting the International Youth Games in Lancaster in 2013. When the Games were last due to be […]
Labour and Green Party join forces on City Council
The Labour and the Green Party have entered into a joint administrative arrangement to run the Cabinet of Lancaster City Council. In a joint statement Councillor Eileen Blamire (newly elected […]
Candidates line up for 5th May
(Updated 8/5/11): Here’s a list of the candidates for the Lancaster City Council elections taking place on 5th May 2011. This list is sourced from a PDF on the Council […]
Campaigners challenge election candidates on M6 Link
Transport Solutions for Lancaster and Morecambe has written to every local election candidate about the controversial and hugely expensive M6 link – and ask them to support instead the package […]
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 […]
Local Labour activists launch Save Sure Start petition
Local Labour Party councillors and prospective council candidates have launched a petition against the possible closure of Sure Start Centres in Morecambe. The campaign comes as the Government and Lancashire […]
Local Labour joins national protest against VAT rise
The local Labour Party is campaigning against the proposed rise in VAT, which rises to a 20% rate in January. Labour Party members manned a stall outside Morecambe’s Arndale Centre […]
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. […]
Labour top gun visits Lancaster
With the General Election expected to be a close run between all major parties – and with local Greens predicting a strong vote for their candidate, Gina Dowding – it’s […]