The City Council has issued the following statement on Lancaster Market: Lancaster City Council has deferred a decision on Lancaster Market pending the consideration of alternative options for the future […]
Lancaster Market debacle nets another casualty
Above: Lancaster City Council Leader Stuart Langhorn accepts the 13,000-strong petition against Market closure from Market Trader Peter Corker on the steps of Morecambe Town Hall. Photo: Jim Graham Lancaster […]
Conservative Candidate backs saving Lancaster Market
Eric Ollerenshaw, Lancaster and Fleetwood’s Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate, has backed the campaign to save Lancaster Market. Proposals to close the Market and relocate stallholders elsewhere in the District will […]
Labour councillors back saving Lancaster Market
Labour councillors will not back the proposal to close Lancaster Market at tomorrow’s Full Council meeting, where plans to offer the building to a single retailer and relocate stallholders is […]
City Council's Chief Exec explains secrecy on Market plans
Lancaster City Council has just issued a new statement about Lancaster Market, clarifying its position on keeping some details of the plans confidential, clearly concerned that leaks about the plans […]
Greens push for revamped, smaller Lancaster Market
Green councillors will argue that Lancaster Market should not be closed tomorrow when a cabinet proposal is put to Full Council – arguing it should continue, albeit as a smaller […]
The Lancaster Market Story – In Video
virtual-lancaster urges everyone to support the Stallholders of Lancaster Market. Help save the market from closure contact your Local Councillors and Member of Parliament: http://www.writetothem.com/
Conservative Quits City Cabinet over Market Closure Plan
Conservative Councillor Malcolm Thomas has submitted his resignation from the Cabinet of Lancaster City Council, earlier today in protest at the handling of a proposal to close Lancaster Market that […]
Straw Poll on fate of Lancaster Market
virtual-lancaster has asked every City Councillor with a valid email address if they support the closure of Lancaster Market. The responses are being published as a GoogleDoc here. If you […]
Conservatives undecided on Market future
Conservative City councillors have yet to decide how they will vote on proposals to close Lancaster Market by the end of the year when Full Council meet later this week. […]