It always amazes me that Lancashire is so blue. It is a County that has some of the highest levels of deprivation in the country, whose wealth was built on the backs of those working class cotton mill workers who toiled under horrendous conditions and starved in the Lancashire Cotton Famine in the 1860’s and…
There are 50 schools in the Wyre and Preston North Constituency and every single one of them will lose funding next year compared to 2015 according to figures from the schoolcuts.org.uk website . There is a total shortfall in 2020 of £4.3 million with an average loss of £280 per pupil. Fulwood Academy takes the…
Tomorrow is Remembrance Sunday, as it’s the closest Sunday to Armistice Day on the 11th November. Being part of a family with strong military connections, this has always been significant for us. My Dad served in the Scots Guards and his brothers in the REME and the RAF. Both my Grandfather’s also served, my paternal…
This is the land projected to be below annual flood level in 2050 in Wyre and Preston North if we don’t get our act together on the Climate Emergency. Places like St Michaels on Wyre have already experienced the effect of horrific flooding in the recent past. This general election is our last chance to…
My friend Cllr Kelly Grehan has been working with Matt and Jennifer from the Compassion In Politics team on a project and recently highlighted the #StopTheNastiness campaign they are currently running. I am very happy to sign up to the #StopTheNastiness pledge. By signing this pledge I commit to: 1. Not use language or behaviour…
Wyre and Preston North Labour select Joanne Ainscough
Wyre and Preston North Labour Party are pleased to announce their Parliamentary Candidate for the upcoming General Election on the 12th December as Joanne Ainscough. Joanne says “I am absolutely delighted and honoured to have been selected as your Labour Prospective Parliamentary candidate for Wyre and Preston North. I look forward to getting out on…
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