The number of West Lancashire households on Universal Credit hit by the benefit cap soared last year, new figures show. A housing justice charity said the benefit cap is pushing households into ...

A record number of children in West Lancashire were living in poverty last year, according to "heartbreaking" new figures. It ...

An opposition group of West Lancashire councillors says its alternative budget plans would keep two council-owned swimming pools open, if supported at a crunch meeting this week. Park Pool at Ormskirk ...

Councillors in West Lancashire will be asked to vote next week to shut the Park Pool in Ormskirk and Nye Bevan in Skelmersdale. It comes after a council report found that continuing to run the ...