Archive - The Lancashire Lead

May 2025

Lancashire snubbed by project led by North of England mayors

PLUS: Will Progressive Lancashire sit in opposition to Reform UK?

May 28 •

Luke Beardsworth

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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…

May 25 •

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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

May 21 •

Luke Beardsworth

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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

May 18 •

Luke Beardsworth

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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

May 14 •

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

May 11 •

Luke Beardsworth

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The Lancashire Lead

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?

May 7 •

Luke Beardsworth

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The Lancashire Lead

Reform UK make a political earthquake in Lancashire - but now for the hard bit

PLUS: Analysis on the challenge Reform UK will face

May 3 •

Luke Beardsworth

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The Lancashire Lead

Lancashire County Council local election results as they happen

The Lancashire Lead is at several count centres across the county today

May 2 •

Luke Beardsworth

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April 2025

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

Apr 30 •

Luke Beardsworth

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The Lancashire Lead

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