A tale of two phone numbers

I often read the comments on the thisislancashire.co.uk website. I’ll be honest, I’m fairly new to all this politics business and I don’t pretend to know everything about it but what I do know is what I think would work for Blackburn. I am Blackburn born and bred, but now I do [...]

Do the Tories plan to fund the shires with urban money? My letter to Michael Lee on council funding

Recent comments by Tory front bencher Caroline Spelman don’t bode well for Blackburn with Darwen Council. Here’s my letter to Conservative council leader Michael Lee:

Dear Michael,

Caroline Spelman, Tory Shadow Secretary for Communities and Local Government, is quoted in the Sunday Telegraph (4th April) as complaining that the Government grant to local councils [...]