Swingeing cuts store trouble for the future

There’s an old adage that a Budget which is well received turns out to be not so good when its full impact is later felt.

As an observer I thought that for presentation and confidence George Osborne put in a good performance.

A first Budget for a young Chancellor who’s only been in the job for six weeks [...]

Blackburn’s roads

The Big Freeze that hit Blackburn with Darwen this winter inflicted massive damage on our already poor roads. Snow and ice left the already hole filled roads in the Borough with a  moonscape of pitted and potholed roads to be repaired right across the Borough. The roads have become a danger to road users, pedestrians, cars [...]