Victims of domestic abuse in Lancashire will be better protected following a successful partnership funding bid led by Lancashire County Council. Funding cuts over the past 5 years have hit […]
County heralds golden age of rail now approaching
Lancashire County Council has welcomed the announcement that new franchises for rail services across the north will see significant investment, resulting in better connections, faster journeys and more room for […]
County Councillors call for government to release DEFRA fracking report
Today Lancashire County Council have rejected a planning application by Cuadrilla for a further prospective fracking site at Singleton. The ruling is separate to the Cuadrilla applications for two fracking […]
£311,000pa in unclaimed benefits found for local over-75s by Welfare Rights campaign
Nearly 260 people aged 75 and over in Lancaster are better off by a total of £311,000 a year following a benefit take-up campaign. The campaign was organised by Lancashire […]
Adoption and Fostering Information Event in Lancaster
Anyone thinking about adopting a child or becoming a foster carer with Lancashire County Council is invited to attend an event at Lancaster Priory on Thursday 26th February. The awareness […]
Cuts and reforms to your Care Services from April
People in Lancashire are being encouraged to find out how how they will be affected by changes to the national care and support reforms that come in on 1 April. […]
Fracking battle heats up: leaked Osborne letter shows plan to force permits through
Conservative Chancellor George Osborne Cuadrilla will be seeking a deferment to the decision on their Fylde fracking applications at tomorrow’s meeting of Lancashire County Council’s (LCC) Development Control Committee. The […]
County Council planning report recommends refusal of fracking applications
Jerusalem builded here: An artist’s impression of a proposed Lancashire fracking site Lancashire County Council’s Development Control Committee will spend Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 January, from 10am at County […]
Snow expected in Lancashire tonight
Photo courtesy Lancashire County Council Lancashire County Council is advising people to be prepared for snow following a Met Office yellow warning across the north west this afternoon (Tuesday 20 […]
MPs pressure David Cameron to release uncensored Fracking Report
A total of ten MPs have now called for DEFRA’s censored ‘Shale Gas Rural Economy Impacts’ report to be released in full, including four MPs from David Cameron’s own party. Last […]