Victory in the Local Elections Sunday, 10 May, 2026 After a very hard-fought campaign, South Ribble Conservatives secured a comfortable victory for Councillor Alan Platt in the Chorley Borough side of our constituency. Alan beat off Reform's incumbent County Councillor with a majority of 210, securing 1207 votes on a huge turnout for a local election. In addition, our first-timer candidate Ethan Howarth won a very respectable 558 votes in the... Local News
Association Annual General Meeting 28th February 2014 The Annual General Meeting of the Association has been called for 28th February at 7-30pm, all members are invited to attend. Local News
Association Annual General Meeting 28th February 2014 The Annual General Meeting of the Association has been called by the Chairman for 28th February at the Leyland Conservative Club, all members are invited to... Local News
Icelandic Investment Returned 5th February 2014 ALMOST all of the £5m deposited in two failed Icelandic banks by South Ribble Borough Council has now been recovered. A final payment made to the council this... Local News
LCC Tory Leader on BT link 2nd February 2014 Lancashire County Council has announced that it is going to second hundreds of its staff to a private company which is entirely owned by BT. The announcement... Local News
LCC Conservatives express concern for staff 2nd February 2014 The Lancashire County Council Labour Administration, backed by the LibDems, has caused alarm amongst the whole of the workforce at County Hall by announcing... Local News
Village Parades at Risk 1st February 2014 Association Chairman Councillor Malcolm Barron fears traditional village parades across Lancashire are in jeopardy following new guidance not to support... Local News
Village parades at risk 1st February 2014 Association Chairman Councillor Malcolm Barron has tabled a motion to the next full meeting of Lancashire County Council following complaints that police may no... Local News
Cheaper Calls to the County Council 31st January 2014 Lancashire County Council has moved closer to replacing its current 0845 numbers with 0300 numbers, which will make it cheaper to contact the council by phone... Local News
Lancashire Broadband Success 25th January 2014 Major milestone achieved, as more than half of Lancashire is now reached by fibre broadband The rapid progress of the Superfast Lancashire project means that... Local News
Boris Johnson won the first Leaders' Debate 20th November 2019 Tonight Boris Johnson set out the choice facing voters at this election – a majority Government that can get Brexit done so the country can move on, or yet... National News
“We will empower police to tackle scourge of violent knife crime,” pledges PM 19th November 2019 A Boris Johnson majority government would take a tough new approach to tackling knife crime and serious violence. National News
Life will mean life for child murderers 19th November 2019 Adults who murder children will be imprisoned for life, without parole, under tough new justice plans to be introduced by a Conservative majority Government. National News
Corbyn’s Pension Tax to cost savers £11,000 and force millions to delay retirement 18th November 2019 New analysis of Corbyn’s tax raid on pensions reveals that 10 million savers could lose an average of over £11,000 and be forced to delay retirement by almost... National News
Labour’s Brexit Policy: Even More Chaos and Indecision 18th November 2019 As per usual, Labour are only offering more talk, more delay and more indecision on Brexit. National News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's CBI Conference speech 18th November 2019 Read the Prime Minister's speech from the CBI Conference here. National News
