Lancashire Articles

The indices of deprivation statistics recently released by CLG are disappointing, but not surprising. Blackpool has had pockets of poverty since it was founded. A former colleague on the Labour benches – who died only fairly recently – spent part of her childhood in...

Jennifer Mein on the plan to bring Lancashire back to Labour ‘This is the beginning!’ beamed David Cameron. It is 2006 in Chorley, Lancashire, and the Tory leader, fresh from a bracing helicopter flight across the country, was addressing Lancastrian Conservative...

Against the backdrop of the relentless tide of bad news the coalition has faced in recent weeks, the quarterly crime statistics released last week must have provided a rare moment of relief for the government. Most types of crime were down, recorded crime as a whole...