Politics

From the Ribble and Wyre estuaries in the West, to the South Pennine Moors in the East the county of Lancashire has an abundance of protected beauty spots.

The Government has been urged to close a loophole that let an overseas firm discriminate against a Fleetwood woman and get away with it.

Lancashire County Council will be asked to come up with a £1m contingency fund to prevent the closure of any of its nursery schools until the government’s long-term plans for the sector become clear.

Lancashire County Council has adopted a widely-recognised definition of anti-Semitism.

Blackpool has been named as the toughest place in the UK to be a girl, according to a report by charity Plan International UK.

There are over 58,000 people with a blue badge parking concession in Lancashire and 30,000 residents apply each year to join them.

It will soon be illegal to park a petrol or diesel car at any of Lancashire’s on-street electric vehicle charging points - meaning motorists could be fined if they do so.

Lancashire County Council’s budget deficit is estimated to have more than halved in less than six months.

Lancashire County Council has agreed to launch a formal consultation into the future of several of its nursery schools – but has not yet named them.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to be sent a letter from Wyre Council asking him to help women hit hard by controversial changes to the pension age.

The financial challenges facing Lancashire County Council’s nursery schools are “not insurmountable”, according to the authority’s cabinet member for children.