The county council believes bigger will be better when it comes to redrawing the local authority map in Lancashire. All the details of a blueprint born out of what has been characterised as a balancing act between meeting need and harnessing opportunity. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

A senior politician says a review of 10 care facilities across Lancashire should aim to answer how - not whether - they can be kept open by the county council. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

Councillors made their feelings clear in a wrangle over the difference between green belt and grey belt. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

One of Preston's most eye-catching residential schemes appears to be on indefinite hold - upending a planned return to council housing in the process. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

Bemoaning - but preparing - for the demise of the borough as as a standalone council area. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The view was that forthcoming local authority mergers should bind together the fewest number of places possible. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The long-running saga over the historic site has come to a conclusion that campaigners insist could have been avoided, but which the city council says was inevitable once public safety was called into question. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The site's past history meant the proposal was given the green light. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The residential area was deemed unsuitable for the venture. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The authority says the quality of people's care experience will play a part in its final decision about the future of 10 facilities across the county, as opposition politicians line up to condemn the prospect of closures. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

Lancashire looks to be in the final throes of its near decade-long internal debate over an elected mayor, as it faces the prospect of becoming the only place in the North of England without one - and so bowing to the inevitable. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The door seems to have been left open - locally and nationally - to the cancellation of at least some of the seven polls due to take place across the county next year, ahead of a huge council shake-up. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The safety and quality of social care could be jeopardised unless the county is given more time to complete a major reconfiguration of the councils that provide it, politicians have warned. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The survey results show the public prefer the current set-up to the larger local authorities being demanded by the government. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The proposed location could provide the value for money that a town centre option was deemed to be lacking. www.lep.co.uk/news/traffic...

The Prime Minister was responding to the dip in local support for Labour since the general election - but Reform have branded his comments "desperate". www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The Prime Minister heaped praise on a workforce whose jobs he says have been guaranteed by their own skill - which has given them, and the UK, the edge in a global defence market. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

An unexplained hold-up in handing back a commandeered piece of land has been revealed as the reason for the lack of progress on the project over the last year - but now it's been decided the long-planned school isn't needed for the foreseeable future anyway. www.lep.co.uk/education/de...

Staff shortages amid a now completed restructure caused hours temporarily to be cut. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

County councillors were unimpressed that none of properties will fall into the affordable homes category. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

Members concluded that they couldn't accept an increase for themselves when council services face budget cuts. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The party says it would be short-sighted to close the door on shale gas for good - but opposition politicians and campaigners condemned a decision they warn leaves the county vulnerable to future drilling. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

Early years operators have warned some of them could be forced to close if the funding shake-up gets the go-ahead - a decision that might now end up being taken by the government. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The county council will create one flagship facility in each district after it was handed government funding to develop a support network it already provides. www.lep.co.uk/health/lanca...

The Lib Dems say they are a party on the march after ousting Labour in Ashton, while Reform snatch second place. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The residential institution - designed to reintegrate recently-released prisoners back into society - would sit in an area engulfed by an apparent crime wave. But that's only if the statistics speak the truth - and not everyone is convinced. www.lep.co.uk/public-notic...

The authority is poised to introduce a wide-ranging package of support to help residents struggling with the cost of living, as it eyes up a healthy reserves pot in the knowledge that the council is unlikely to exist in its current form for much longer. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

It's claimed that the demolition of the disused office building will unlock plans for a new apartment block that has been in the pipeline for a neighboring site for more than five years. www.lep.co.uk/public-notic...

Six candidates are contesting the seat in Thursday's poll - and this is why each of them says they are worthy of support. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The authority insists it remains open-minded about the futures of several elderly care facilities that it says are in poor condition - but some opposition politicians suspect their fates are a foregone conclusion. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

Hopes that the historic hostelry could be turned into a heritage centre for the city look to have been dashed by a damning assessment of the building's condition. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

It's been more than six months since the city's latest bus priority measure was put in place www.lep.co.uk/news/traffic...

The huge change would help realise a vision to put homes and health services at the heart of the city centre - but creating a new NHS hub means a range of possible sites have to be considered before one can be chosen. www.lep.co.uk/business/con...

The authority says work to preserve the place that a leading suffragette once lived can't wait any longer. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

A major overhaul of all the county's elderly care services is on the cards - but decisions over some of them have been deemed more urgent than others. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The question mark over the long-planned facility looks set to shift from being about where it's built - to when. www.lep.co.uk/education/ne...

The aim was for the council-backed show eventually to break even - but there was little sign of that happening. www.lep.co.uk/whats-on/ley...

Headstones that could prove a risk will be made safe - one way or another. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

Seven years on, same proposition - and the same decision. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The long-vacant landmark could finally be brought back to life now another potential hold up has been cleared. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The aim is to free up humans for more complex queries. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The stats suggest even the bus passengers it was intended to benefit aren't impressed. www.lep.co.uk/news/traffic...

The method used to choose the locations went beyond considering traditional measures of deprivation. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

A vision to turn the venue into a cultural hub for the city has been unveiled. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The row over responsibilities has rumbled on for more than a year - but there are currently no formal negotiations taking place to try to resolve it. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

As the landmark attraction reopens its doors, the 'blended' vision at the heart of the biggest refurbishment in its 132-year history has finally been revealed. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The county has identified its many connectivity problems - now it just needs the cash to rectify them. www.lep.co.uk/news/traffic...

Half a dozen of the areas are hyper-local communities in line for £20m each. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

The controversial social media influencer has been blamed for a spike in concerning incidents. www.lep.co.uk/education/an...

Highways chiefs will try to tweak the design of public space improvements that have prompted concern amongst retailers - but won't allow any changes to jeopardise funding for the overall project. www.lep.co.uk/news/traffic...