Tackling poverty, support for regeneration, jobs and skills, action on climate change and investment in housing are among the exciting plans unveiled today by local Labour candidates  ahead of May’s local elections. Labour candidates launched their manifesto in Morecambe by talking to hundreds of residents alongside party leader Jeremy Corbyn,…

City councillors have declared a ‘climate emergency’ in the Lancaster district after supporting proposals set out by Labour councillors. The move, which secured unanimous support at the full Lancaster City Council meeting on Wednesday 30 January, means the council must identify how its activities can be made net-zero carbon by…

Last night, at a meeting of Lancaster City Council’s Labour Cabinet councillors unanimously approved submitting 2018/19 draft budget proposals to full council. Despite having deal with horrendous Tory cuts, the council’s central government funding has been slashed by a third since 2010, your Labour council is still doing its best…

Labour councillors told Wednesday’s full council meeting that help under the Localised Council Tax Support Scheme was vital for families struggling to make ends meet.   The scheme, which currently benefits more than 6,500 working-age residents, including those in the lowest-paid jobs, were passed despite opposition from most Conservative councillors.…