Paul Faulkner

5 days ago | blogpreston.co.uk | Paul Faulkner

The new Labour group leader on Lancashire County Council says the party needs to rethink how it gets its message across to residents after it was decimated at the local elections. Mark Clifford has taken the helm of what is now a rump of just five red-rosetted members of the authority. The party has spent the past eight years as the official opposition to what was a Tory-controlled County Hall during that period ‚Äď until Reform UK swept to power at last week‚Äôs poll.

6 days ago | lancashiretelegraph.co.uk | Paul Faulkner

Ian Duxbury, far left, Warren Goldsworthy, centre at back, Stephen Atkinson, front centre, and Ged Mirfin, front, second from right, with supporters at the election count in Clitheroe on 2nd May, 2025 The leadership of the Reform UK group that has taken control of Lancashire County Council is set to be decided 48 hours later than expected.

6 days ago | lep.co.uk | Paul Faulkner

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowThe leadership of the Reform UK group that has taken control of Lancashire County Council is set to be decided 48 hours later than expected. As the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) revealed earlier this week, the 53 new Reform county councillors had been due to meet on Saturday (10th May) to elect one of their number to the helm of the local party.

6 days ago | bbc.com | Paul Faulkner

Free staff bus between hospitals axed over costsPaul FaulknerLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceGoogleThe bus ferries staff between the Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble hospitalsA free shuttle bus that ferries staff between the Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble hospitals is to be scrapped as part of a wider drive to cut costs. The service, which has operated for more than a decade, can also be used by patients during off-peak hours, although they have to pay to do so.

6 days ago | blogpreston.co.uk | Paul Faulkner

The defeat suffered by the Conservatives in last week’s Lancashire County Council elections was more a reflection of the national political mood than the result of discontent with local services, according to the new leader of the Tory group on the authority. Former cabinet member Aidy Riggott was speaking after being unanimously elected to head the eight remaining Conservative members at County Hall.