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Councillors who asked to cancel elections now forced to face electorate
A government u-turn leaves local authorities scrabbling to be ready for elections on 7 May
 • Luke Beardsworth and The Lancashire Lead
Reform UK quietly withdraws all its libraries from Library of Sanctuary scheme
This week's newsletter corrects the record
 • Luke Beardsworth and The Lancashire Lead
New vision for Eden Project Morecambe revealed in planning documents
Tweaked plans aim to ensure the project can actually be delivered
 • Luke Beardsworth and The Lancashire Lead
Row over future of care homes descends into blame game
Finger-pointing continues at County Hall
 • Luke Beardsworth and The Lancashire Lead
What went wrong for Guy's Thatched Hamlet?
A major loss for the hospitality sector - but has a buyer been found?
 • Luke Beardsworth
Reform UK chief whip accused of using The Harris to ‘cynically increase tensions’ in the community
Today's edition of The Lancashire Lead comic is sponsored by the Dandy
 • Luke Beardsworth
Schools to be expanded in place of long-promised new Preston secondary school
The local Lib Dem leader John Potter, who has been vocal about the need for a new school, said it is 'just another broken promise'
 • Luke Beardsworth and The Lancashire Lead
Cat Smith banned from speaking about Fairtrade at Lancashire County Council-hosted event
The authority is led by the party which claims it champions free speech - Reform UK
 • Luke Beardsworth and The Lancashire Lead
Party leaders accused of trying dodge scrutiny in asking for elections to be cancelled
All authority leaders have been accused, in some form, of trying to dodge scrutiny in local elections
 • Luke Beardsworth and The Lancashire Lead
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