“Our residents shouldn't have to take that debt on…[nor] the social issues that Blackpool has. “Forming one unitary authority would suggest that Blackpool is [superior to] Lancashire County ...

Lancashire's new Combined County Authority (CCA) has been officially ... County Council (LCC), Blackburn with Darwen Council and Blackpool Council and will see some powers currently held by ...

Council leader Councillor Ivan Taylor said they were all working hard to produce a unitary authority the people of Blackpool would be proud of but the true test would be in the new authority's ...

Also speaking to the station, Mr. Webb acknowledged that the situation in the Blackpool Council area was “different”, because it was already a unitary authority without Lancashire County ...

It would pave the way for creation of a combined authority overseen by an elected ... 12 district authorities and two standalone unitary councils - Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen - but ...

The leader of Blackpool Council Lynn Williams said the launch was a "historic moment" for the county and for Blackpool Lancashire's new Combined County Authority (CCA) has been officially launched.