Leigh MP Jo Platt will take to London’s Victoria Tower Gardens to compete with other politicians and their pooches to win the coveted title of Westminster Dog of the Year 2019.
Fines for dog fouling were handed out just four times in Wigan last year, despite more than 1,000 complaints being lodged with the council about the issue.
Following high levels of public interest, West Lancs Council has decided to extend the public consultation regarding proposed new state-of-the-art leisure and wellbeing hub in Skelmersdale until Friday, August 16.
Dozens fewer civil servants are employed in the area which covers the borough following the Brexit referendum, despite ranks swelling by tens of thousands elsewhere in the country.
Wigan Council is being urged to introduce maternity leave for councillors, amid criticism of the ‘fundamentally unacceptable’ lack of progress towards gender equality across England’s councils.
Wigan’s MPs have helped to defeat the Government on an amendment which could thwart efforts by the next prime minister to force through a no-deal Brexit.
Leave and remain voters came together at the Edge Conferencing Centre in Wigan for an open discussion about the frustrations and failures that caused the Brexit vote, and what must be done to address them.
Controversial plans to build dozens of affordable houses in an old scrap yard which have sparked dozens of objections will be heard by the borough’s planning committee.
Leave and remain voters will come together for an open discussion about the frustrations and failures that caused the Brexit vote, and what must be done to address them.
