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Scrap council tax now to fight off Reform, says Blackpool MP
The Lead North called for the abolition of council tax earlier this year - now MPs are starting to agree
Oct 15
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
1
Under the skin of the decision to extend the Illuminations season in Blackpool
It has been welcomed by the businesses it aims to support - but there remains scepticism in the council opposition ranks
Oct 12
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
1
Ambitious plans for central Blackpool transformation are under way
PLUS: Forever-chemical testing to resume on the Fylde Coast
Oct 8
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
1
Mentally unwell STILL waiting days for treatment at The Vic
PLUS: Why fracking entering the national politics debate is not good for Lancashire
Oct 5
•
Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
2
A very Blackpool call to arms in 1899
Local historian Colin Reed looks at Blackpool's key role in the response to the second Anglo-Boer War
Oct 3
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The Blackpool Lead
3
Two boys, 13, arrested on suspicion of arson after hotel fire
PLUS: A £400,000 bill for a fishing trawler deemed to have accidentally cut an internet cable running from Ireland to Blackpool
Oct 1
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
September 2025
Blackpool's Reform UK councillors refuse to vote in motion condemning fracking
PLUS: What are the ambitious plans for Stanley Park?
Sep 28
•
Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
2
1
Inside the collapse of the Indigo Hotel scheme as Blackpool Council step in
Plus: Spire Fylde Coast Hospital being lined up for sale
Sep 24
•
The Blackpool Lead
1
Blackpool councillor apologises for 'provocative' post comparing Reform UK to Nazis
PLUS: The states of trees across the county after a number of deaths in the last 12 months
Sep 21
•
Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
1
Questions to answer after death of man rough-sleeping during Blackpool storm
PLUS: Blackpool Victoria Hospital will be part of a nationwide probe into maternity services
Sep 17
•
Luke Beardsworth
and
Michael Holmes
2
Role of Blackpool Council in death of Alistair Taylor to be scrutinised by a coroner
PLUS: A Blackpool woman who sued the Ministry of Defence after falling off a horse and shattering her shoulder has been branded “fundamentally…
Sep 14
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Luke Beardsworth
,
The Blackpool Lead
, and
Michael Holmes
2
Reform UK at risk of being home for Tory rejects
PLUS: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust finds itself poorly placed in the new NHS league table
Sep 10
•
Luke Beardsworth
,
The Blackpool Lead
, and
Michael Holmes
2
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