Conservatives - Economic Update – indisputable facts. Sunday, 25 February, 2024 Conservatives - Economic Update – indisputable facts. Like every country, the UK economy has faced its challenges following the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. That is why over the past year we have been working on our five priorities, to: halve inflation, grow the economy, reduce debt, cut waiting lists, and stop the boats. A year later, there has been some good progress. Inflation has fallen... Westminster News
Baffling Praise for 'Exemplar' Councillors 22nd July 2020 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:... Local News
Leader of Council Pledges No Borough-Wide Lockdown 18th July 2020 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... Local News
Labour U-Turn on Newfield ASD Overspend 17th July 2020 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... Local News
Huge Govt Support for Blackburn with Darwen Revealed 11th July 2020 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... Local News
Council Acknowledges Error Over Newfield ASD Overspend 10th July 2020 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... Local News
Blackburn Bus Station £3.6m Over Budget 10th July 2020 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... Local News
Blackburn's New £5m Bus Station Could Be Subsiding 21st May 2020 There are fears that Blackburn's new £5m bus station could be subsiding after a large crack appeared in its floor. The appearance of the large crack, along with... Local News
Sad News of Cllr John Pearson 17th May 2020 With a heavy heart, Blackburn Conservatives announce the passing of Councillor John Pearson,who passed away on Saturday following a very brief illness. John had... Local News
Travellers Ordered to Leave Pleasington Playing Fields 15th May 2020 A group of travellers who set up camp on Pleasington Playing Fields have been ordered to leave following complaints of ant-social behaviour. Livesey with... Local News
Boris Johnson won the first Leaders' Debate 20th November 2019 Tonight Boris Johnson set out the choice facing voters at this election – a majority Government that can get Brexit done so the country can move on, or yet... National News
“We will empower police to tackle scourge of violent knife crime,” pledges PM 19th November 2019 A Boris Johnson majority government would take a tough new approach to tackling knife crime and serious violence. National News
Life will mean life for child murderers 19th November 2019 Adults who murder children will be imprisoned for life, without parole, under tough new justice plans to be introduced by a Conservative majority Government. National News
Corbyn’s Pension Tax to cost savers £11,000 and force millions to delay retirement 18th November 2019 New analysis of Corbyn’s tax raid on pensions reveals that 10 million savers could lose an average of over £11,000 and be forced to delay retirement by almost... National News
Labour’s Brexit Policy: Even More Chaos and Indecision 18th November 2019 As per usual, Labour are only offering more talk, more delay and more indecision on Brexit. National News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's CBI Conference speech 18th November 2019 Read the Prime Minister's speech from the CBI Conference here. National News
