Paul Faulkner

A union says staff have been denied a guaranteed pay rise because of government funding decisions

Ministers have been urged to honour a timeline agreed 'in good faith' less than three months ago

A similar venture under different management launched in the same premises without getting planning permission

Local services are set to be 'streamlined'

The government is expected to publish its long-awaited white paper on devolution, which is likely to include details of the Labour administration’s stance on restructuring so-called ‘two-tier’ council areas like Lancashire

Lancashire is in line for three – or, at the most four – new councils to replace the 15 that currently exist

Lancashire's 15 councils look to be on borrowed time after the government said it expects all areas with a ‘two-tier' structure – like the county

Deputy leader Alan Vincent warned that the government had failed to cover the full national insurance cost increase generated by County Hall’s own staff

Much of the extra government cash awarded to Lancashire County Council next year will be swallowed up by ballooning bills caused by the forthcoming hike in employer national insurance.

The Moto service station would be at junction 2