Tory council leader wants nothing to do with fixing Blackpool’s poverty problems

Wyre Council does not want to merge with Blackpool Council and see their more affluent areas share burden of Blackpool's social issues, report Paul Faulkner and Luke Beardsworth

Blackpool seafront

Wyre Council should not be forced to take on the debt and social problems of neighbouring Blackpool, its leader has said.

Michael Vincent was speaking after it was revealed a group of Lancashire Labour MPs has called on the government to abolish the county’s 15 main councils and replace them with just three or four new authorities cover…