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If you listened to the media you might think that the Tories changes to Housing Benefit were only going to affect London. Not so. Recent fig...

People are asking why the Tories delayed announcing the resignation of Irvine Edwards until it was too late to organise an election for a re...

Irvine Edwards’ resignation means that the Tories have now lost five of the councillors who were elected to represent the people of Leyland ...

Whilst you may not have the representatives you deserve at the Civic Centre, Labour activists are ‘out & about’ in Earnshaw Bridge. Comm...

Former Tory Councillor Irvine Edwards (you may never have met him…) has announced his resignation from the Council. Mr Edwards, who actually...

The ConDem government has announced a ‘crack down’ on Benefit Fraud. And quite right too. It is thought that Benefit fraud and accidental ov...

It seems our new MP has already come to the attention of campaigners who work to make sure everyone is paid the minimum wage. Every councill...

Councillor Caleb Tomlinson, who represents Leyland Central ward, helped local residents off Chapel Brow who ere concerned about the possible...

Matthew Tomlinson & Mick Titherington, Councillors for the Golden Hill ward attended a family fun day at Northbrook Primary school on Ha...

South Ribble Council’s Chief Executive, Jean Hunter has announced her resignation. She will be leaving to join South Cambridgeshire Council ...

The Prime Minister’s latest ‘off the cuff’ announcement that people who live in rented houses shouldn’t expect to be able to live there fore...

This seems to be the rallying cry of the Tory millionaires who dominate Cabinet at the moment. We can’t help but think that ideas such as sc...

Our new Tory mp has wasted no time in calling for ‘something’ to be done to reduce the number of accidents on South Ribble’s roads. “Hear, H...

In the run up to the General Election, the Tories denied ‘scare stories’ that claimed they were planning to put VAT up. Both David Cameron a...

The Health Secretary, Andy Burnham MP, is to visit leyland on Saturday 13th March. He will be opening David Borrow MP's campaign offices...