Michael Gove

Leave and Remain campaigners face off during the 2016 EU referendum, the centrepoint of the new BBC documentary series Brexit: A Very British Civil War (Picture: BBC/Zinc Television/Alamy/PA Images/Dominic Lipinski)

Farage and Johnson paint a turning point as playground politics

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove pledged to cap ground rents at a nominal level. This was changed to a £250 cap, but both promises have been scrapped.

Leasehold property purchase figures revealed

The difference in life expectancy of the least and most deprived male residents in Wigan has grown by 1.5 years, from 9.8 in 2010-12 to 11.3 in 2017-19

Life expectancy between rich and poor is getting wider

Leigh town centre

Multi-million-pound cash boost for town centre

Ministry of Justice figures show 75 claims to repossess a property were made by landlords in Wigan between October and December 2023 – more than the same quarter in 2022 when there were 62

Dozens of landlord repossession claims threatened renters

The number of new social housing lets in Wigan has fallen

Number of new social housing lets fell by nearly a third over last decade

Wigan Town Hall

Doubts over borough's £25m boost

An artist's impression of part of the Mosley Common scheme

Michael Gove asked to step in over 1,000 homes plan on green belt

Mould and damp in a Wigan home

Only a few of homes to receive treatment for damp and mould issues

Housing Secretary Michael Gove wrote to Tory backbenchers to say the ban on “no-fault” section 21 evictions promised as part of the Renters Reform Bill will not be enacted before a series of improvements are made in the legal system. Campaigners say this could delay the ban for years. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Kim Mogg

Breaking Ban on no fault evictions delayed indefinitely by Tory government

Leigh MP James Grundy

MP welcomes £20m cash boost from Prime Minister to make changes to Leigh

Housing Secretary Michael Gove announced plans to repeal so-called “nutrient neutrality” rules on Tuesday.

Small amount of woodland, fields and water faced development

There were 2,365 people from Wigan staying at holiday homes in 2021 – up from 1,791 in 2011.

There has been an increase in the number of Wiganers owning a holiday home

Leigh MP James Grundy

James Grundy MP: Busy week with key meetings affecting constituency

Bolton West MP Chris Green

Chris Green MP: Too much power given to mayors?

Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, speaking at the Convention of the North in Manchester. PIC: James Speakman/PA Wire

Michael Gove: “Spirit” of Thatcherism will help North of England
Michael Gove made the reference during the Conference of the North speech in Manchester
Patrick Hollis

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy to deliver keynote speech at Convention of the North

The new coal mine in Cumbria (West Cumbria Mining)

First new UK coal mine in 30 years given approval by ministers

Could you take advantage of Right to Buy or Help to Buy?

Right to Buy and Help to Buy - everything you need to know

Families continue to struggle to make ends meet despite Government's levelling up policy (photo: Adobe)

Queen’s Speech ‘another nail in coffin’ of Levelling Up agenda

Leigh MP James Grundy

Leigh MP reveals when we could see proposals for Leigh’s exit from Wigan

Private rented homes will be subjected to new rules as part of the Levelling Up agenda (image: NationalWorld)

Landlords could be forced to upgrade '800,000 homes' under new Levelling Up Whit...

Lisa Nandy

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy savages Government's levelling-up plans

Bolton West MP Chris Green

Chris Green MP: Society can cope with omicron

Lisa Nandy MP

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy presses government on reports £330,000 was spent fixing Tory...

A member of the public receives a dose of the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine at a vaccination centre (Getty Images)

Two jabs offer little protection against Omicron - but boosters up to 75% effect...

Parkside Colliery closed in 1993

Work to start within weeks on creating link road for new major logistics hub
Councillors are "keen to get moving" on plans to turn a former colliery site on the border of Wigan and St Helens into a major logistics hub.
Gaynor Clarke

Lisa Nandy is no longer shadow foreign secretary

Wigan MP gets new role in Labour reshuffle

Parkside Colliery closed in 1993

One vast logistics park is approved and another rejected on Wigan's border

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham welcomes more ‘alignment’ between Whitehall and mayors

Mr Gove was spotted partying until around 3am (Photo: Getty Images)

Stunned clubbers spot Michael Gove partying in nightclub until 3am

Thousands returned to work, including staff at the Royal Oak on Standishgate, when lockdown was eased in April

Thousands of Wiganers getting back to work after furlough

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he is "confident" that no further delay to the lifting of remaining Covid restrictions in England will be necessary, and will come to an end on 19 July (Photo: Shutterstock)

Boris Johnson ‘confident’ lockdown restrictions will end in England on 19 July

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes part in a press conference on the final day of the G7 summit in Carbis Bay on June 13, 2021 in Cornwall.

Boris Johnson faces Tory backlash as Covid lockdown easing put on hold

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce a delay to the ending of social-distancing rules as the Delta variant continues to spread rapidly (Photo: Shutterstock)

Boris Johnson set to delay Covid lockdown easing by four weeks amid rise in case...

MPs say there is 'no justification' for vaccine passports (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

MPs say that 'discriminatory' vaccine passports 'are not the answer' to lockdown...

Furlough scheme could be extended past end date, Michael Gove suggests

Barbados, Croatia, Greece and Turkey will accept the NHS Covid app (Photo: Shutterstock)

These countries will accept the NHS Covid app as a vaccine certificate

Indoor hospitality will also reopen from 17 May in England (Photo: Getty Images)

Hugs with family and friends and indoor pints to return in England next week

People who have tested positive for coronavirus within the past six months will potentially be considered to have natural immunity from Covid

Vaccine passports will apply for those who have had Covid in past six months

Boris Johnson is due to lead a coronavirus press conference on Monday

This is what the PM will say today on testing, travel and vaccine passports, and...

EU has set out plans for Covid vaccine passports - but will UK residents be elig...

WHO has said that the likes of vaccine passports should not be implemented for international travellers (Photo: MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

WHO says that vaccine passports should not be permitted for foreign travel - the...

The Prime Minister has urged the nation to be “prudent” by continuing to follow the rules (Photo: Getty Images)

Boris Johnson is ‘very optimistic’ all Covid restrictions will be lifted on 21 J...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Sedgehill School in south east London and takes part in an online class on February 23 (Photo by Jack Hill - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Johnson ‘very optimistic’ all lockdown restrictions will be removed on June 21

Vaccine passports are "under consideration" according to Dominic Raab (Photo: Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Vaccine passports still being considered under plans for lockdown easing - what ...

European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen

EU moves to prevent NI from being used as vaccine backdoor to GB

The Government made limited use of quarantine hotels early in the pandemic, such as this Holiday Inn hotel,close to Heathrow Airport which was block-booked by the Department of Health to use as a quarantine zone in March 2020 (Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Anyone returning from these 'red list' countries to the UK will soon have to qua...

Digital 'Covid health passports' are being trialled - here's why it's controvers...

Hundreds of international flights are arriving in the UK each day - with no Covi...

This is when lockdown measures are likely to lift across the four UK nations

1 in 5 workers who can't work from home and have to self isolate have no sick pay

A fifth of workers have no sick pay

All arrivals to the UK could soon need a negative Covid test - what we know so f...

How is the country going to come out of lockdown

Covid: How can the country come out of lockdown?

This is how much your company could get as government announces new support for ...

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