Details of the new Local Plan that will govern development policy across the Borough for the foreseeable future have been revealed by the Council.

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.

Labour’s Exec Member for Regeneration Cllr Phil Riley misled July’s Council Forum over Blackburn Bus Station.

The Council have chosen to charge businesses the maximum possible amount to set up tables and chairs on the pavement.

Labour have spent £1.5m introducing new blue bins to increase recycling rates by reducing confusion. However, they have increased confusion by delivering bins with the wrong lids.

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 government support includes:

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.

Blackburn Conservatives are delighted to announce Sarah Morrison as our candidate for Mill Hill & Moorgate ward at the 2020 council elections.

Blackburn Conservatives are delighted to announce that Claire Gill has been selected by our members to be Conservative candidate for Blackburn at the next General Election.

The redevelopment of the Griffin area to provide 140 new homes was only made possible by funding of £670,000 from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's Land Release Fund.