plans would cause ‘no discernible level of harm or loss of significance’.... Rossendale Borough

Rossendale and Darwen, said the pledge would echo Tony Blair’s “ game changing ” 1999 promise that half of

A PRETTY town has become split for a bizarre reason-but residents say they would not want to live anywhere else. Whitworth, just north of Rochdale, sits just over the Lancashire border and is nestled in the shadows of the Pennines.... " You might get in a traffic jam behind a rogue cow or sheep sometimes, but it's fine." There's so much to do, like going to the reservoir, the moors to walk over.... 7 Ruth Greenwood, who runs the Seasons Florist Credit: MEN Media 7 Residents love the Cown Reser

Fresh from shouting" Resign!... " at Health Secretary Sajid Javid in the Commons, backbench Conservative MP William Wragg joins our chief political correspondent, Christopher Hope on this week's Chopper's Politics podcast, which you can listen to using the audio player above. When asked why he decided to" let off steam" at Mr Javid on Wednesday evening, the MP for Hazel Grove in Greater Manchester said," Because I'm so implacably opposed to Covid vaccine passports and assumed the government wer

Here is an updated list of provisional declaration times for the elections taking place on May 5 in England, Scotland and Wales. The main list contains 200 local authorities and has been arranged chronologically.It is followed by a separate list with details for the seven mayoral elections also taking place on May 5. Some timings are based on previous elections, and all times are subject to change.( PA Graphics)( PA Graphics) Recommended Live: PM set to leave for India as MPs prepare for vote on

That means making sure that villages, towns and cities are thriving, dynamic places to live and work.No one wants to go to their high street and see boarded-up windows.... Shops bring areas to life-places to meet, catch up and socialise. Thousands of outlets are at risk.... That is unsustainable. The British Retail Consortium found four in five retailers would close more shops unless their rates bill was cut....

Boris Johnson faces “ political annihilation ” if he fails to deliver on the levelling-up agenda and implement tax cuts, a Tory MP has warned. Jake Berry, chair of the Northern Research Group( NRG), said Mr Johnson could lose the support of Red Wall Tory MPs if he does not implement some of the policies that are set to be unveiled at the group’s first conference on Friday. The beleaguered prime minister is set to address the 80-strong group as he seeks to shore up support for his wavering leader

The influential Northern Research Group of Conservative MPs( NRG) is thought to be starting the groundwork on how to unseat the prominent MP.... It comes as Boris Johnson eyes up holding an early election in 2023. NRG Tory MPs, who were largely elected to the Commons for the first time in 2019 in so-called Red Wall seats, are starting their own side campaign to bolster Conservative representation in the region. They want to prove the success of the last vote can be replicated and built on and w

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The Prime Minister is set to unveil a 1.25 percent rise in national insurance contributions today in order to raise funding to fix the broken social care system.... The ￡10billion and ￡11billion per year expected to be raised will also help the NHS cope with the backlog caused by the coronavirus pandemic. However, with the plan breaking the Conservative Party's 2019 election manifesto pledge not to raise the tax, Mr Johnson has been warned he risks public outrage at the ballot box. Former Tory