Free early education will be extended to 140,000 disadvantaged two-year- olds, and parents will be able to access the free entitlement more flexibly, under plans published by the Government last…
Sudell Ward in Darwen is to benefit from the government's Community First programme.
The Government has announced the 119 successful organisations and groups who have been allocated money under the Regional Growth Fund. A total of £950m of funding will create over 200,000 jobs…
The government has announced they are giving extra money to local authorities for education. Blackburn with Darwen will receive an extra £863,677 in addition to almost £1.5 million pounds already…
Public Service Pensions Reform - Good pensions that will last
Liberal Democrats have welcomed the news that Darwen Rail Station is to be improved. Lib Dem Cllr. David Foster said, we have campaigned to get facilities improved for some time. In particular there…
Local Lib Dem Councillor David Foster has welcomed the improved bus service for Whitehall on Saturdays. Transdev have announced that they will be improving their service from Darwen Cemetery on…
Plans promoted by David Cameron's chief strategist, Steve Hilton, to abolish unfair dismissal laws have been rejected by the business secretary, Vince Cable, as "unnecessary, based on no evidence and…
Anyone who read the papers today will have noticed the headlines of the 'shocking' reduction in the number of applications to universities: applicants from within the UK has fallen by 11.9% and…
