Politics

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy tore into Treasury minister Liz Truss in a radio show, accusing her of “talking nonsense” after the Tory MP railed against “scare stories” about Brexit.

Town hall bosses are facing a longer wait than expected to hear whether they will receive cash for a major infrastructure project.

Wigan Council has passed a transparency test involving a long-standing law giving residents the right to inspect local authority accounts.

Organisers of a Lancashire club day have announced a ‘compromise’ with Lancashire County Council following a battle to keep the annual event’s colorful bunting flying.

The future of 17 post offices in the borough would be secured under a Labour government, the shadow chancellor has announced.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester has thrown down the gauntlet to the Conservative leadership candidates, urging them to support the Northern Powerhouse campaign and has echoed this newspaper's our Power Up The North message.

Donald Trump has departed the US bound for Britain aboard Air Force One.

Almost 1,400 Wigan jobseekers have had their benefits axed or cut for up to three years, figures reveal.

Home Secretary Sajid Javid has been accused of "human fly-tipping" over his decision to revoke the British citizenship of runaway Islamic State bride Shamima Begum.

Hundreds of families in Preston have been hit by benefit caps in the past six years.