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County Council to provide £300,000 to incentivise further apprenticeships. Lancashire County Council has unveiled plans to put £300,000 into funding 100 more apprenticeship incentives for employers. Economic Development and Growth. Education and Skills.
Devolution supported in public consultation | Lancashire County …
Mar 6, 2024 · Plans for an historic devolution deal to bring extra powers and money to Lancashire have received support in a public consultation. The eight-week consultation, which ended in January, asked residents, businesses and other stakeholders to give their views on the proposed deal. If the proposal is implemented, existing funding and powers would ...
Historic devolution deal signed with Lancashire
Nov 27, 2023 · An historic devolution deal putting greater power into the hands of local communities in Lancashire has been signed by the Levelling Up Minister Jacob Young. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is delivering this landmark deal between Lancashire County Council, Blackpool Council and Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.
New environment and climate strategy for Lancashire unveiled
Nov 23, 2022 · The county council's cabinet will consider the strategy for approval on Thursday 1 December. The new strategy follows Lancashire's first Climate Summit, which took place earlier this year. Other recent ground breaking action has included piloting biochar use to store thousands of tonnes of CO2 in the ground beneath our feet and supporting ...
Huge funding injection will transform transport
Feb 26, 2024 · The council's partners in the devolution proposal which would create a new Combined County Authority for the region are also due to receive significant extra transport funding, adding up to £730m across the Lancashire County Council, Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool area. County Councillor Aidy Riggott, cabinet member for economic ...
Blueprint for technology enabled care approved
Oct 4, 2023 · A ground-breaking blueprint for using technology and AI to support people in Lancashire has been approved this week. Lancashire County Council's cabinet has approved its 'technology enabled care policy' today, setting out exactly how technology will support and enable adults and children to prevent and delay the need for formal care.
Hugely significant step forward for 'Our New Deal for a Greater ...
Our New Deal for a Greater Lancashire sets out the areas where Lancashire's council leaders collectively believe more local powers over funding and decision-making could make the biggest difference.
Cabinet endorses Lancashire 2050 framework
Dec 1, 2022 · The Lancashire 2050 Framework, which was unveiled at a ceremony in the Palace of Westminster last week, provides a shared vision, goals and priorities to help every resident live their best life. Members of the cabinet today endorsed the framework, which will be used to further develop detailed priorities with partners and stakeholders across ...
Council reaffirms its commitment to tackle climate change
Dec 16, 2022 · The importance of nature-based solutions and working with partner organisations to tackle the impacts of climate change have been supported by members of Lancashire County Council. At a full council meeting today, members heard how the council has recently helped to restore 755 hectares of peatland as well as planted 150,000 trees on its ...