Lancashire County Council Conservative Group to Re-Launch Website

Lancashire County Council Conservatiive Group Re-elects Group Officers

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 Labour Administration, backed by the LibDems, has caused alarm amongst the whole of the workforce at County Hall by announcing that 2,500 jobs will have to go.

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.

Construction has begun on a new Youth Zone in Skelmersdale.  The Zone, which is expceted to open by the year end, was approved by the Conservatives in 2013.

The rapid progress of the Superfast Lancashire project means that more than half (52 per cent) of Lancashire can now get access to high-speed fibre broadband. That means that 350,000 homes and businesses are now reached by this.

The Labour administration’s proposal to eliminate evening and Sunday subsidised buses is a pernicious and ill-considered policy - County Councillor Graham Gooch. 

The ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ City Deal for the Preston and South Ribble area is to be signed tomorrow by the Deputy Prime Minister, the Chairman of the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership and the Leaders of Lancashire County Council, Preston City Council and South Ribble Borough Council.

The Conservatives have agreed to fund 48 extra police and community support officers in every district in Lancashire.