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The firm behind the controversial fracking site in Fylde has been accused of stringing out the life of the development in the hope that there will be a reversal of the current ban on shale gas extraction before its wells there are finally filled in for good.
Warm and welcoming public spaces will be made available and promoted across Lancashire this winter amid fears that rocketing energy bills could leave residents in need of somewhere to go to escape the cold in their own homes.
Lancashire’s social care services need “every penny” in order to meet the demand currently being placed on them and to cope with rising inflation.
VACANT 1 The Local Democracy Reporting Service has been scouring the party pledges and priorities - and hearing the pitch to voters from each of the group leaders. CONSERVATIVES ***Record investment in roads - £48.5m for transport infrastructure projects over next year. ***£30m to create more jobs and boost the economy post-pandemic, plus creation of thousands more apprenticeships. ***New Foster Carer Academy and providing vulnerable children with safer homes. ***Guarantee no libraries will close and more books will be available. ***£1m programme to reduce carbon and improve air quality. W...
A call to increase the second homes council tax to double the standard rate have been submitted to Pembrokeshire County Council Lancashire’s roads will get a £10m funding boost, while £5m will be pumped into flood defences after Lancashire County Council set its budget for the year ahead. The capital investments were approved after being put forward by the ruling Conservative group on the authority, as political parties of all colours at County Hall vied for the public’s attention in the final budget before local elections due to take place in May. The Labour and Liberal Democrat ...