Politics

Ukip has unveiled the candidates who will be battling for election in almost every ward in the borough when residents head to the polls.

The Government should launch a review into security at major venues following the Manchester Arena attack, Andy Burnham has said in a progress report looking at the response to the incident.

Nigel Farage's new Brexit Party has opened up a five-point lead in the next month's elections to the European Parliament, according to a new opinion poll.

Wigan Council cut its debt by £12m in just one year, latest figures reveal.

A group of opposition activists has been hitting the local election campaign trail and spoke of trying to convince voters to give them a chance.

Wiganers backing Brexit turned out in force to support the young organiser of a town centre rally in favour of leaving the European Union (EU).

Nigel Farage has claimed Parliament needs to "fear the electorate" over "betrayal" of Leave voters.

A Wigan church leader is hoping to combine preaching with politics after announcing he is trying to become a Conservative councillor.

Waitrose has apologised after shoppers implied it was racist for labelling a dark chocolate Easter duckling "Ugly".

With Parliament at loggerheads over Brexit and Theresa May battling to get a deal approved, calls have intensified for a so-called People's Vote.

The UK’s economy looks set to take a massive hit with a loss on Premier League wages if a hard Brexit goes ahead.

More than one hundred posters from the 1910 elections will be saved from deterioration thanks to new funding.

Wigan residents have one of the lowest council tax bills in the North West, figures reveal.

The candidates hoping for the votes of the borough’s residents in what looks like hotly-contested local elections have been unveiled.

Columnist Steve Royle writes about his fear of the colour blue.

The borough's Labour MPs have strongly backed party leader Jeremy Corbyn in his Brexit negotiations with the prime minister and urged him to rule out a second referendum.