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Preston puts itself forward to manage refugees after Lancashire County Council’s ‘financially inept’ approach
Preston City Council is the first to put itself forward - amid rumblings that Manchester may step in
 • Luke Beardsworth
Repeatedly-delayed meeting over potential elected mayor for Lancashire finally happens
But a mayor election in May 2027 has been described as unlikely to happen
 • Luke Beardsworth
‘A threat to education’: Inside the battle to control one of Lancashire’s best secondary schools
Accusations of heavy-handed tactics in the plans to turn Catholic schools into academies
 • Luke Beardsworth
Councillor bursts tyre on road Lancashire County Council failed to repair for months
Cllr Aidy Riggott says his experience is evidence of Reform UK’s failure to resolve Lancashire’s pothole problem in the way it has promised and claimed
 • Luke Beardsworth and The Lancashire Lead
Lancashire still waiting to hear the exact benefits a mayor would bring to county
Cancelled meetings and changes at the top of government doing nothing for progress in Lancashire
 • Luke Beardsworth and The Lancashire Lead
Exclusive: Withheld report says Lancashire County Council open to financial, legal and reputational risks in refugee decision
The report states that the risk can be mitigated against - though not removed completely - through a properly managed transition
 • Luke Beardsworth and The Lancashire Lead
Local government reorganisation in Lancashire in disarray after government pauses process
The wait for one normal day in Lancashire politics continues.
 • Luke Beardsworth and The Lancashire Lead
Reform UK ‘abandons pretence of delivery for Lancashire’ in refugee funding decision
Every opposition party has decided to “call in” the decision - which removes funding, but not people, from Lancashire
 • Luke Beardsworth
Should the chief execs of new Lancashire councils really earn more than the PM?
PLUS: Lancashire MP condemns framing of Reform UK’s plans to withdraw from the refugee resettlement scheme
 • Luke Beardsworth
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The Lancashire Lead covers people, place and policy across the county. Shining a light with investigative and thoughtful journalism across Lancashire. Direct to your inbox every Wednesday and Sunday, edited by Luke Beardsworth.
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