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Blackburn with Darwen Council are spending £64,000 paying for 1,120 taxi drivers to have polycarbonate screens fitted in their cars. The Council will be paying...

The Council have chosen to charge businesses the maximum possible amount to set up tables and chairs on the pavement. Businesses such as pubs and restaurants...

Labour have spent £1.5m introducing new blue bins to increase recycling rates by reducing confusion. However, they have increased confusion by delivering bins...

At the Standards Committee meeting on 20th July, there was some baffling praise for Councillors. Toward the end of the meeting, one of the participants said:...

Leader of the Council Mohammed Khan has pledged to avoid a Borough-wide lockdown if further measures are necessary to bring the spread of Covid-19 under control...

Cllr Vicky McGurk has made an embarrassing U-turn on her explanations about Labour’s overspending on the Newfield ASD project. A report by Labour’s Exec Member...

Government support made available to residents of BwD via the Council or to the Council itself to help deal with Covid-19 is a huge £79.732m. The figures were...

The Council have acknowledged errors in its budgeting after forgetting to include demolition costs in the budget for a building project. A report by Labour’s...

Blackburn bus station actually cost £8.3m, not the £5m that had been thought. This is £3.6m more than the original £4.7m budget. Labour’s Exec Member for...