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Wash your hands, cover your face, make space. These are the next steps in our plan for lockdown measures.

We have announced that over 4,300 police officers have joined the police since we launched our major recruitment drive in September 2019.

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 £64 per taxi to have protective screens fitted between drivers and passengers.

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 wanting to help the fight against Covid-19 and encourage social distancing by introducing outdoor seating will have to pay a £100 fee to

Labour have spent £1.5m introducing new blue bins to increase recycling rates by reducing confusion.

A year ago today the Prime Minister stood on the steps of 10 Downing Street for the first time, and set out his vision for how we would unite and level up across the country.

By Mark Russell The Standards Committee should play a key role in ensuring that Councillors are held to the high standards expected of those in elected office.

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: “As the Independent Person for your Standards Committee and an Independent Person for some other Standards Committees, Blackburn with Darwen