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'Performative' Reform UK told to grow up after unveiling DOGE plans
PLUS: Cuadrilla accused of breaching planning rules and failing to achieve results
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Eden Project Morecambe 'still a viable scheme', says new report
PLUS: Police investigation into death at HMP Lancaster Farms continues AND what's going on at Lancashire County Council
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Lancashire snubbed by project led by North of England mayors
PLUS: Will Progressive Lancashire sit in opposition to Reform UK?
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Two days of hell in Southport
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Five arrests as two killed in Christmas and Boxing Day hit and runs
 • Jamie Lopez
Southport wants to be remembered for its community response - not the attacks or the riots
 • Luke Beardsworth, Jamie Lopez, and The Lancashire Lead
A death on the line
 • Ed Walker and Luke Beardsworth
A month of violence in Preston
 • Luke Beardsworth, Jamie Lopez, and The Lancashire Lead
Pendle councillor - and property firm director - racks up council tax arrears
 • Luke Beardsworth, Jamie Lopez, and The Lancashire Lead
Reform UK appoint all-white male cabinet at Lancashire County Council
Plus: What it was like inside County Hall the first time Reform politicians stepped foot in the council chamber (apart from the ones who were previously…
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The Lancashire city where every Labour councillor is against the government's benefit changes
Plus: Drivers ‘self-declaring’ as fit to drive likely to cause further deaths, warns coroner
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Progressive Lancashire coalition will be official opposition to Reform UK
PLUS: United Utilities set to pay record dividend to shareholders despite bill surge to customers
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Should Lancashire County Council staff fear for their jobs?
PLUS: What the report into violence after the Southport attacks tells us about our area
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Luke Beardsworth
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Reform UK net zero assault risks 13,000 jobs and £1bn for Lancashire
PLUS: Prison staff failed to call an ambulance for an armed robber with swastika tattoos on his arms in the run up to his death from a heart condition
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Luke Beardsworth
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Labour needs to fight against lean to the right in Lancashire
PLUS: What should happen if a councillor defects to a party his voters may not like?
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Luke Beardsworth
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Reform UK make a political earthquake in Lancashire - but now for the hard bit
PLUS: Analysis on the challenge Reform UK will face
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Luke Beardsworth
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Lancashire County Council local election results as they happen
The Lancashire Lead is at several count centres across the county today
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Deaths on the road in Lancashire could lead to changes in the law
PLUS: A clear field with no party ready to challenge Reform UK on their rhetoric
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