A furious row has broken out between senior Lancashire politicians over the policy of discharging elderly people from hospital and into care homes at the start of the coronavirus pandemic – without knowing if they had the disease. Fleetwood Weekly News…
Lancashire County Council will set out for the government the extent of the pressure on its finances as ministers prepare the nation’s spending priorities for the next three years. Fleetwood Weekly News…
The company behind a massive gas storage project under the River Wyre has lost its licence to extract water from the Fleetwood Fish Dock. Fleetwood Weekly News…
Wyre Council has approached fellow local authorities in Blackpool, Fylde, Lancaster and Ribble Valley to start ‘a conversation’ about whether a single council should serve the five areas. Fleetwood Weekly News…
The merging of two Lancashire County Council committees has reignited a row over the degree to which the authority’s decisions are subject to scrutiny. Fleetwood Weekly News…
The impact of Covid-19 on the finances of Lancashire County Council will be “significant and ongoing”, its chief executive has warned. Fleetwood Weekly News…
Every school in Lancashire will have to assess its own unique situation before deciding for definite whether to welcome back all pupils from September, the county’s education boss has said. Fleetwood Weekly News…