Representatives from the Executive team @ Blackburn Conservatives Association attended a meeting this Thursday along with the Conservative Lancashire Constabulary and Police and Crime Commissioner Andrew Snowden. Recently Commissioner Snowden announced the next phase of £2m ASB hotspot patrols acro

The government has given the Council a grant of £56,788 to introduce 3 new bus routes for the Borough. One route will run between Darwen and Blackburn town centre via Lower Darwen, Guide, Royal Blackburn Hospital, North Road and Audley Range.

Figures reveal that the government provided 200,000 laptops to vulnerable children to help them access remote learning during the coronavirus lockdown. Another 20,000 were provided to disadvantaged Year 10 pupils to help stop them falling behind with their GCSEs. The laptops were provided to c

Labour’s Exec Member for Regeneration Cllr Phil Riley misled July’s Council Forum over Blackburn Bus Station. Cllr Riley said at Council Forum of the £3.6m overspend on Blackburn Bus Station: “We were presented with a sizeable difficulty when the contractor who was delivering Blackburn Bus Station

The Council have chosen to charge businesses the maximum possible amount to set up tables and chairs on the pavement. Businesses such as pubs and restaurants wanting to help the fight against Covid-19 and encourage social distancing by introducing outdoor seating will have to pay a £100 fee to

At the Standards Committee meeting on 20th July, there was some baffling praise for Councillors. Toward the end of the meeting, one of the participants said: “As the Independent Person for your Standards Committee and an Independent Person for some other Standards Committees, Blackburn with Darwen

Cllr Vicky McGurk has made an embarrassing U-turn on her explanations about Labour’s overspending on the Newfield ASD project. A report by Labour’s Exec Member for Finance and Governance Cllr McGurk at July’s Exec Board contained an overspend of £568,000 on the project.

Government support made available to residents of BwD via the Council or to the Council itself to help deal with Covid-19 is a huge £79.732m. The figures were revealed in the Council’s Covid-19 Finance Report.

The Council have acknowledged errors in its budgeting after forgetting to include demolition costs in the budget for a building project. A report by Labour’s Exec Member for Finance and Governance Cllr Vicky McGurk at July’s Exec Board contained an overspend of £568,000 on the project.

Blackburn bus station actually cost £8.3m, not the £5m that had been thought. This is £3.6m more than the original £4.7m budget. Labour’s Exec Member for Regeneration, Cllr Phil Riley, has blamed the huge £3.6m overspend on changing contractor midway through the project.