The standard of help provided to children receiving social care in Lancashire will still be subject to scrutiny - in spite of an end to external audits of the service.
The nursing care needed by some children in Lancashire’s special schools is “inequitable and unsustainable”, according to a committee of county councillors who have investigated the issue.
Plans for closer co-operation between South Ribble and Chorley Councils have slowed - although both authorities say that they remain committed to sharing more of their services.
When a cabinet meeting at Lancashire County Council descended into acrimony over a proposal to extend pay and display charges, a live webcast of the meeting was switched off - because the proceedings were officially adjourned.
Proposals to extend on-street pay and display charges to almost a dozen towns in Lancashire sparked a heated stand-off at a County Hall cabinet meeting.
Police could be asked to investigate the awarding of charitable grants to community organisations ahead of last year’s Lancashire County Council elections.
These 19 restaurants, takeaways and cafés in Preston, Chorley and South Ribble have all been given either zero, one-star ratings by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Social care services have to be careful not to “rob” elderly people of their independence by being too risk averse when helping them to recover from a period of health, according to Lancashire’s adult services boss.
